I'll talk about Europe, as this is the only I know about.
Here it is illegal to modchip a device and let it play pirated content, but it is explicitly legal to unlock a cellular to make it work with any carrier. Yes, you read well, there is a law that explicitly allows consumers to unlock phones, even if there still is a some-years-long contract between you and a company.
I don't really like politicians making laws about everything, but you must agree that it makes things a lot easier.
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I'll talk about Europe, as this is the only I know about.
Here it is illegal to modchip a device and let it play pirated content, but it is explicitly legal to unlock a cellular to make it work with any carrier. Yes, you read well, there is a law that explicitly allows consumers to unlock phones, even if there still is a some-years-long contract between you and a company.
I don't really like politicians making laws about everything, but you must agree that it makes things a lot easier.
Just imagine the M$ Word clippo on 3D...
Only one remote hole in the default install, in more than 7 years!
If all OSes were like this, sysadmins would lose their job...