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lloyd-christmas on Sept 12, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Against Minimalism

I'm sure it has come up in product discussions, I bet it's just getting into significant security-concern territory where no one wants to risk being THAT company.

SequoiaHope on Sept 12, 2016 [–]

Really? I figure the issue is that it would meet significant resistance from carriers, because mesh radio would eat in to their profits.

lloyd-christmas on Sept 12, 2016 | [–]

I'd assume they'd be able to manage pricing. 99.9% of people don't root/jailbreak their phones. I'm sure they'd be able to track the data plans/prevent apps that circumvent it.

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