• Honytawk@lemmy.zip
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    9 hours ago

    No it doesn’t make financial sense.

    You are locked in to a multi-year contract where you pay for the phone + extra on top of your contract. Those providers aren’t going to make a loss on it.

    • The Octonaut@mander.xyz
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      3 hours ago

      Sometimes we do. Sometimes we’ll take a loss on the phone because we want you to stay paying the bill after your contract. Market segmentation and personalised offers are a big thing at the moment.