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Bring on the suits?

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No one is interfering with your right to buy any cell phone you like. No one is interfering with your right to go with any cellular provider you like. It just so happens that you want a combination which is not available. Tough.

If you wanted a Mercedes with a BMW engine, no one would be under any obligation to provide one for you. You could, if you wanted one badly enough, pay to have someone do a reliable installation of that BMW engine in your Mercedes. You would have to want one very badly, since your additional costs would not end with the completion of the installation.

No one -- no one -- has the right to have whatever they want, and anyone who thinks that a particular manufacturer or vendor has any obligation to satisfy his particular requirements is living in a dream world.

Apple has every right to make whatever product they wish, and to have that product work on whatever limited network they like, and you have every right to buy that product or not.

So what exactly is your position again?

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