arne anka schrieb: >> A good move in this respect would be if the European Community would >> simply forbid the practice of subsidizing phones. Maybe we should start >> a petition for that ;) > i guess, with apple's and providers' restrictions on available apps for > phones, thus limiting the freedom of choice for users, we're a step > closer to that (could be compared to the browser wars). > but subsidizing devices and making the customers pay kind of rent, is a > venerable business model. > > the lever probably is the freedom of choice (see internet explorer), ie > the openess in terms of software to be installed by the user, thus > creating a free market for software and services and destroying the > benefits of limitation.
You are right, this would be the second way to achieve this, this is, I would say, the "de jure" way. My proposal would expect the "de facto" to work after the abandonment ;) Pitily we will not find out any time soon... Cheers nils faerber -- kernel concepts GbR Tel: +49-271-771091-12 Sieghuetter Hauptweg 48 Fax: +49-271-771091-19 D-57072 Siegen Mob: +49-176-21024535 http://www.kernelconcepts.de _______________________________________________ smartphones-standards mailing list smartphones-standards@linuxtogo.org http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/smartphones-standards
