Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by TheSpiceIsLife 2452 days ago
If you rent a $100 device at $10 a month for 10 years you end up paying $1200 and still not owning it.

I can see why consumers and consumer advocate groups don’t like this.

1 comments

The customer should always have the option to buy their own hardware - that's to me something that was fought for (and won) with Carterphone
Sorry, I managed to reply to the wrong comment.