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iOS 27 code suggests Apple could restrict leased devices after missed payments (9to5mac.com)
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[+] -15 points 2 months ago (10 children)

Ownership isn’t being removed though, because you don’t own it when you’re leasing it. You can still just buy one if you want to, but leasing can be a good option.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 months ago (9 children)

    I think you will find that systems of ownership and being reduced or removed and systems of leasing or renting are being pushed. So its becoming less of an option...surprising to the benefit of the rich...not the user paying

    Faff around with the language and message all you like, but rent/lease/asa a service etc are all being touted against a 'option' at a time where we are seeing destruction of ownership. This is not good for the average person and I am always surprised by the amount of people who are happy to take this or bootlick on the matter.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    Plus we’ve had contract phones for decades without the manufacturer putting yet more dead switches in our devices… Do we really want more of this shit?

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  • [–] -2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    What do you think happened if you didn’t pay your monthly phone contract payment?

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  • [–] -5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Buying is not any less of an option. They’re just adding other non-ownership options.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Agreed, but I don't see anything to suggest that the leased phones are getting a special edition of iOS 27 that has the locks. I think what they're saying is that every iPhone running iOS 27 will have the locks, and they will be able to be triggered by third parties. That is worrying.

    If you own the device outright, it should not have kill switches. I absolutely understand the point of them on the leased phone. They should not be on the phone that is paid for outright.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 months ago*

    I would assume they will have added a new set of settings or an app for lease providers that gives them the ability to perform these actions on registered phones.

    There’s no reason to assume that just any old third party will be able to brick your phone that you bought outright, any more than there already was - which there wasn’t.

    It’s just straight up fear mongering. It’s like saying that a work issued and managed laptop being able to be wiped remotely if lost means everyone should be scared that their personally bought laptops can be remotely wiped by anyone at any time.

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