[crazygringo]

Sure, but how does the company account for the losses from people who get the phone and then stop paying and switch to another carrier?

What happens is the overall price goes up to offset those losses, even when it's not explicitly labeled as such. That's just basic economics. Empirically.

[vohk]

Which part of this having actually been done in Canada and other regions, and what you're claiming not happening is unclear to you?

American Exceptionalism at work...

[crazygringo]

Which part do you not understand about prices having gone up as a result? So people are literally paying a price for it?

And stop with the country-based insults, please. It's not appropriate at all for HN. There's nothing "exceptional" about basic economic principles.