[flurdy]

Ive been with giffgaff for a few years now and recruited family and friends to it as well. £10 pm with practically free calls it has been great. But with giffgaff's odd venture into payday loans as well it does not seem like a community driven company any more, hence why I might move to Three's PAYG (as I hate commiting to subscriptions) https://www.giffgaff.com/money/loans

[Symbiote]

I'm not sure how much community drive there ever was. GiffGaff is a subsidiary of O₂, with some clever marketing.

O₂ would far rather 'lose' customers to Giffgaff than any other budget MVNO.

[iaskwhy]

Interesting, I didn't know giffgaff was actually directly related to O2 besided using their network. Out of curiosity, I tried to find some information on Three and got a little surprise: "In January 2015, Li Ka-shing entered into talks with Telefónica to buy its British mobile division O2 for around $15.4 billion. In March 2015, Li Ka-shing confirmed it will be purchasing Telefónica's UK mobile division for £10.25bn subject to regulatory approval by competition regulator, Ofcom." So it seems Three is going to own both O2 and giffgaff by buying Telefónica?

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutchison_Whampoa#History