> In such the case, unlocking is fraud. You will get freedom and a discount, > and the provider will get nothing.
Please don't believe the propaganda that it's about the discount. In the U.S. you're typically required to agree to keep the service for one or two years with the carrier getting money from you in your monthly bill (and you'd better believe that the pricing plans are designed for them to recoup any phone subsidy.) If you don't keep the service for the full contract term you incur a penalty in the form of something called an Early Termination Fee. Make no mistake: the carrier absolutely gains that money back one way or the other. So, locking phones isn't about some sort of "discount" but purely an anti-competitive tactic to discourage their customers from switching to another carrier.
