You could at least require that all phones be automatically unlocked when the phone is paid off or when the contract period expires.
The customer shouldn't have to take any sort of action to remove the lock.
The customer shouldn't have to take any sort of action to remove the lock.
pushing unstoppable modifications, retroactively altering the device without consent, stuffing features with antifeatures, turning the device into something it wasnt at the time of sale, these actions should be banned for phones, as well as any other product.