At least about cell phone tech, that is. :-)

This other bit, though:
If the phone is subsidized by the carrier, then the carrier should have the right to lock it.
Thing is, they shouldn't be fucking "subsidizing" anything in the first place. AFAIK, product tying is just as illegal here as over there... Too bad that seems to be just as much a fancy fiction here as over there. :-(


I've heard it's easy to get it unlocked, e.g. if you're going to Asia. Plus, there are plenty of companies that will do it for you.
Yeah, yeah, that's all good and fine -- but what I am saying is, in a law-abiding civilized society, shenanigans like that shouldn't be necessary in the first place.