You're so right. Government should stay out of it. Let the market handle it. We don't have anything like a mobile provider monopoly in the US.
Nobody likes contracts, but we seem to like paying full-price up front for a new phone even less. Subsidizing phones is a great tool that allows more people to get into a mobile phone. Contracts with penalties are the necessary protection to protect the carriers from getting screwed when they're selling handsets at a loss.
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You're so right. Government should stay out of it. Let the market handle it. We don't have anything like a mobile provider monopoly in the US.
Nobody likes contracts, but we seem to like paying full-price up front for a new phone even less. Subsidizing phones is a great tool that allows more people to get into a mobile phone. Contracts with penalties are the necessary protection to protect the carriers from getting screwed when they're selling handsets at a loss.