The problem was that some handsets (including ones sold by the networks as "4G") would drop to 3G for 000. Even same models on different firmware behaved differently. So the regulator said to ban any the networks weren't 100% sure were compatible. With 30(?) days' notice. And the online IMEI checker is incomplete/useless too. So now the only realistic place for average consumers to buy known-compatible handsets is from the network operators. At their prices, with their software.
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I reckon I could ask the next 100 people I meet if they knew Tim had donated to DT at least 98 of them wouldn't know. And of those that are Apple users, they'd still buy more from him.
"Could". Call me when a scumbag boss actually gets even half that max penalty
Love that basketballs get a specific mention for WA
It's not meant to benefit young people. If it was they wouldn't have now explicitly excluded gambling ads from the act. Kids won't be able to access the fixtures page of their hockey club on Facebook, but can have Bet365 ads rammed down their throats. This act is not about protecting kids. It's a push to easily, accurately tie everyone's online presence to their myID.
This is the kicker they don't seem to understand. Kids just going to sign up to vKontakte or Weibo or Pedro's stamps collecting forum in Spain. Or any overseas Mastodon etc
Are they somehow suggesting that if Fighty McStealy had been facially-profiled on entering the store that he wouldn't have done a meth rampage against old mate in a green apron?
I'm getting sick of having to explain to people that "i'Ve gOT noTHIng tO HiDE" is naive bullshit when this comes up
title of your sex tape
This guy had a good take on it all
The end result is that basically if you want to get a handset you know will work, the average consumer's only real choice is to buy from the network. At their prices. Funny how things work out.
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This is a pretty good rundown of how fucked it is https://medium.com/@jamesdwho/australias-3g-shutdown-telcos-to-block-working-4g-5g-phones-2bf41e95de8a And now why there's more interest in "restoring" IMEIs to compatible, but blocked, handsets than there was a year ago.