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		dustcoin on Feb 11, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: In 2005 Motorola Tried to Sue Me For Unlocking Pho... >Today, now more than before, it is illegal to modify a device you have bought with your own money. To be fair, when someone buys a locked phone, they are really buying it with a combination of their own money and the carrier's money.

Amadou on Feb 11, 2013 [–]

No they aren't. The carrier is requiring that the customer purchase a very high interest rate loan in order to use their cell service.

This situation is not unlike a credit card issuer requiring that you don't lend out the books you bought with their credit card.

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