"But I wouldn't have bought 2 of the 250k iphones if it couldn't be unlocked. "
Exactly. It's like SW manufacturers who claim to "lose" billions in sales due to sw piracy. If the people who have pirated the SW wouldn't have bought your product in the first place, then you didn't "lose" any money at all.
Now that 3rd party app support is rightly on the way, I'll consider buying an iPhone, if the app selection process isn't locked down. However, I'm predicting Steve won't be allowing a Skype client anytime soon :/.
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"But I wouldn't have bought 2 of the 250k iphones if it couldn't be unlocked. "
Exactly. It's like SW manufacturers who claim to "lose" billions in sales due to sw piracy. If the people who have pirated the SW wouldn't have bought your product in the first place, then you didn't "lose" any money at all.
Now that 3rd party app support is rightly on the way, I'll consider buying an iPhone, if the app selection process isn't locked down. However, I'm predicting Steve won't be allowing a Skype client anytime soon :/.