oh the sky is falling again? Oh dear...
I appreciate p3 giving what he considers pertinent information out and all the rest of it, i really do. So don't think i'm bitch slapping him at all when i say this... But i've heard this all before. So i'm more than simply not surprised, i'm not in the least bit going to worry about it.
There are many different carriers, oems, and os's out there to choose from. If one or two of them (i kept hearing verizon and moto... Did all of you?) are trying to get more out of us than some of the others, i don't mind switching around to someone who isn't so military minded and gung-ho about this stuff. We aren't that big of a community compared to the vast numbers of smartphone users. So we can't be making that big of an impact.
Should i worry that there might be a light on in a verizon office somewhere that says i'm rooted? Bahahahahaha... Why would i be? What are they going to do, refuse my next monthly payment? Ummmm..... Ok, hello sprint or t-mobile, how are you today? I've already sworn off motorola (unless the targa is for real the next nexus device... Nexus devices are unlocked, so no worries there), i can throw my verizon device through the front door of their nearest store and sign up with someone else without shedding a single tear over losing that relationship.
Trust me on this, i'm way more important to them then they are to me.
P3 said according to his info this isn't just a verizon/moto thing, but a system wide cooberation that's going to close down every phone. Yet htc just released the thunderbolt with a locked bootloader, and a few days later released the keys to that bootloader. You know what that says to me? To me that's like htc saying, "oh sure we could lock you guys out like moto is doing, it's not that they're any better at it than we are. But....... Meh, we don't want to lock you guys out. So here you go, have at it".
I have no issues switching from network to network and from oem to oem until i've found the combination i like the most. Perhaps verizon wants nothing to do with hackers, rooters and romers... Fine. I'm sure someone wants my money. I don't see sprint, or t-mobile trying any of these shenanigans. In fact, i think sprint rather speaks to us in a tone that says, "annoyed with all the restrictions on other carriers? Come to sprint". Like this commercial for instance...
youtube - sprint dictionary
to me that commercial has both hands pointing the middle finger at at&t and verizon. And everyday i get a little closer to jumping on board with them to point my middle finger at them too.
With all that said i do appreciate what p3 is trying to teach us here about responsibility. I realize when i root my phone i've voided my warrantee, and i accept that. And i do get upset with those who are making things worse for the rest of us for doing just that. I just think the carriers could go about it differently. If they recieve a device that's been turned in on insurance and it's been rooted, send it back to them and refuse them a replacement. I will never bad mouth a carrier for doing just that.
Fair is fair.
