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I hope the system kicks both T-Mobile and AT&T down a peg.

Locked phones are not good for users, and if you do one of their payment plans, they design those so that when you pay off the device, you're already out of warranty, so you may not know there is something wrong with your phone.

My Google Pixel 7 was very hard to unlock, and they are still trying to argue that "carrier unlock" and "bootloader unlock" were two different things. Originally, my device would do neither. I paid my decide off early too, but by then, it was still out of warranty.

I like the idea of the 60 days time limit, even if T-Mobile and ATT would like to keep you locked down forever.

RE: https://mastodon.social/users/arstechnica/statuses/113347265444160499