I have to carry two devices because of this. :(
Also in this list: Apple allowing video players to disable seeking in ads. It’s my hardware, fuckers.
In a market with competition device manufacturers would be fighting over adding features like anonymous teathering for their customers, and phone companies would be charging for data use, and with enough competition that use-per-byte would become dirt cheap quickly.
The problem discussed upthread is on the application layer - you not being able to run arbitrary code on your own device because companies prefer to please one another rather than their customers.
note that it's a semi-untethered jailbreak so you have to re-jailbreak every time you restart, but that basically comes down to opening an app and pressing a button.
The product can still be good and useful even if the product managers are carrier-bootlicking shitheads who place a third party’s interest above that of their actual paying customers.
No, it's not. This has been shown time and again.
You do not own the device, Apple does. The device is Apple's slave. It obeys its master and not you.
The law even backs up this, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act forbids you from doing what you want with it. If you don't live in the US, don't worry your home is probably a party to WIPO and anti-circumvention is illegal there too.
It is not your hardware. Your "ownership" is abrogated by law.