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by polalavik 1208 days ago
> Vodafone is now looking at ways to democratise MPNs and extend their benefits to micro and small business owners whilst lowering the entry cost and reducing the resources needed to experience new digital services

oh like... maybe making it open source? Or democratization as in "sell as many as possible"?
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radicaldreamer 1208 days ago
Sell as many as possible and require an on-going service/support contract or charge by usage.
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deusum 1208 days ago
Software updates discontinued after twelve months.

New hardware required for modest <insert basic feature> improvement.

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DaiPlusPlus 1208 days ago
> Software updates discontinued after twelve months.

It could be worse: we are talking about a retail consumer phone network operator here: so I'm thinking... operator-mandated nonremovable shovelware pre-installed in the only supported base OS image. Oh, and Candy Crush Saga too.

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