[kbenson]

"Not just hackers and rogues", well it was billed as a premium device with the full Android experience.

Since when has the whole Android experience included being able to ignore contractual limitations? That's a different experience than I've ever had.

[jkldotio]

You are just assuming there is some contractual tethering ban. It's a data SIM designed to go in a usb 3G modem or a tablet. There's no contractual agreement between Google selling an independent computer and a telco in central Europe as far as I am aware.

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Therefore Google should prioritise me and not the profits of another company.

What's the company going to do, ban non-contract devices from their services? Another company will just scoop up all those users.

Google is disadvantaging me and trashing their own brand for the profits of another company. Nobody in this thread has produced any evidence Google is legally required to do this in any jurisdiction. And if they do have a compay-to-company contract with them it certainly wouldn't be a disadvantageous one, it would likely be a contract to do this so that the telco would have the Nexus 7 on their paid plans too. Again that's Google crippling my device for their own profits. Again it's a deception, and again it's on their head.

I don't know why people are coming into the thread here so strongly to defend huge corporations that are selling computers and Internet connections and arbitrarily cutting people off from legitimate features. All the bandwidth is metered anyway so it doesn't matter whether the first device or a second device via the first uses it anyway. Or they could readily implement shaping (as in Australia, full speed to Xgig, slower speed thereafter) and just state it openly.

There is no reason for any of this besides naked profit taking and deception.

[kbenson]

I don't know why people are coming into the thread here so strongly to defend huge corporations...

I know my reaction when I see statements that seem too strongly worded to be rational is to play devil's advocate, to try to bring a little rationality to the conversation (or, alternatively, learn the reason why the strong working is warranted).

There is no reason for any of this besides naked profit taking and deception.

Saying there is no reason in this case assumes more knowledge of the situation than you could possibly have. Besides that, you begged the question in the previous paragraph.