I had a Motorola phone on Verizon that was crippled when compared to the same phone on other networks. It couldn't play non-Verizon mp3s unless you hacked it, it could use non-Verizon ring tones unless you hacked it, wouldn't sync contacts unless you hacked it. I hate to think what they'd do to the iPhone.
The man's actions should definitely come in to play, fairly or not.
Does someone that doesn't look both ways before crossing the street deserve to get hit by a car? Does a person that doesn't wear a seat belt deserve to smash through windshield if they get into a car accident? It's not so much about deserving or not, but about risk assessment, and it turns out the guy was pretty bad at assessing the risk to which he was subjecting himself.
Slashdot Mirror
I had a Motorola phone on Verizon that was crippled when compared to the same phone on other networks. It couldn't play non-Verizon mp3s unless you hacked it, it could use non-Verizon ring tones unless you hacked it, wouldn't sync contacts unless you hacked it. I hate to think what they'd do to the iPhone.
The man's actions should definitely come in to play, fairly or not.
Does someone that doesn't look both ways before crossing the street deserve to get hit by a car? Does a person that doesn't wear a seat belt deserve to smash through windshield if they get into a car accident? It's not so much about deserving or not, but about risk assessment, and it turns out the guy was pretty bad at assessing the risk to which he was subjecting himself.