In August the iPhone was hacked allowing users to choose which network they use. Now Apple has issued an “update” that disables phones that have been hacked. It also has disabled some phones that haven’t been hacked. The move demonstrates the collusive character of the mobile network in the US and illustrates a morphing of Apple from a lovable underdog pioneering user-friendly, well designed ICT into a paranoid monopolist afraid that its own products won’t stand the test of competition. Not nice.
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