> I highly doubt that the app disables emergency calling.
Well, I highly doubt that it doesn't. Given how little attention the company paid to these important details, who's to say they didn't simply brick the user's phone?
> They prevent the vehicle from being started, not stop them in the middle of the road.
Like I said, nobody will randomly disable somebody's car engine. These people at least have enough foresight to wait until it's safe.
> The police don't repo a thing.
They do where I live. Bank loans money with car as collateral, consumer defaults, bank seeks justice, judge authorizes police to repossess the car so the bank can sell it and minimize losses. Police can enter private property and even use force if necessary.
What is even the point of police if they aren't gonna do things like this? Outsourced to tow trucks? Really? When some random citizen reposseses property, it's robbery.
> if someone dies because of it, the only person whose conscience it is on is the person who bought a phone they couldn't afford and then didn't pay for it
No. The fact that person didn't pay for the phone doesn't matter matter at all. The company can always negotiate new terms or seek justice later.
What matters is the fact that in an emergency the only thing standing between the consumer and a call for help was the phone company. Worse, they got in the way on purpose, as if it was their job to punish the consumer. There is no defending this.
> Just like if someone died because the car got repo'd and they couldn't drive to a hospital.
Not really. If you don't have a car, you can still call emergency services. At least you would have been able to if some stupid company had not locked your phone.
Well, I highly doubt that it doesn't. Given how little attention the company paid to these important details, who's to say they didn't simply brick the user's phone?
> They prevent the vehicle from being started, not stop them in the middle of the road.
Like I said, nobody will randomly disable somebody's car engine. These people at least have enough foresight to wait until it's safe.
> The police don't repo a thing.
They do where I live. Bank loans money with car as collateral, consumer defaults, bank seeks justice, judge authorizes police to repossess the car so the bank can sell it and minimize losses. Police can enter private property and even use force if necessary.
What is even the point of police if they aren't gonna do things like this? Outsourced to tow trucks? Really? When some random citizen reposseses property, it's robbery.
> if someone dies because of it, the only person whose conscience it is on is the person who bought a phone they couldn't afford and then didn't pay for it
No. The fact that person didn't pay for the phone doesn't matter matter at all. The company can always negotiate new terms or seek justice later.
What matters is the fact that in an emergency the only thing standing between the consumer and a call for help was the phone company. Worse, they got in the way on purpose, as if it was their job to punish the consumer. There is no defending this.
> Just like if someone died because the car got repo'd and they couldn't drive to a hospital.
Not really. If you don't have a car, you can still call emergency services. At least you would have been able to if some stupid company had not locked your phone.