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tinyj316 t1_jef01pn wrote

Reply to comment by BluePeriod_ in AT&T taking ownership of your owned device by [deleted]

Its not as big of a deal because the majority of travel for US citizens is between states, if they leave their state at all. Very few Americans travel abroad. The US has 3 major carriers in Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T, and 99% of mobile users are on those networks.

People in Europe need to remember that the distance from New York City to Chicago is just about 800 miles, which is roughly the same as Paris to Madrid. New York to LA is just about 1700 miles, which is roughly the same as Lisbon to Berlin. Each of those countries between have their own carriers, which makes the need for changing SIMs more pressing. In the US, you don't need to change carrier to make those trips and maintain service. That's partially why most Americans couldn't give a shit about carrier locking.

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BluePeriod_ t1_jef09cs wrote

Exactly. I’ve only ever gone out of my way to buy unlocked phones because I leave the US a lot. For most people here really, really don’t care because it’s just not relevant.

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rLima_Peru---Mod t1_jef11oc wrote

I see a lot of suspicious downvotes. I wonder why 😂

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BluePeriod_ t1_jef1f9f wrote

In my experience, I think people take cultural differences very personally for no real particular reason. The same thing happens whenever any kind of news about iMessage appears.

You get the same comments of “this is only an American problem!“ Or “the rest of the world uses WhatsApp“

It doesn’t occur to people that the rest of the world can use whatever they want. Different countries have different trends, different cultures, different styles - different everything. South Korea uses Kakao talk, Japan uses Line. A lot of countries use Telegram for example.

We just don’t use WhatsApp here lol. And stupid as the SIM locking policy is here, it’s just not a common issue for us in the USA.

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