What is with the 'free' in 'free update'?

So everyone here has probably seen the news on facebook: "we are pleased to announce that Milestone will receive an upgrade free for Android 2.2 (FroYo) in Europe with an initial start of sliding at the end of this year."

Regardless of other issues (other regions, other phones, the bootloader (Yes, really, James King), which means "end of year" and so on)-how the word 'free' in there?

-Do you want to pay for an upgrade to Froyo?

-Do you want to pay for a future update, it was an option?

-No matter how long you have had the phone? (less / more than a year for example)

-How the locked bootloader affect you?

-Overall: do you think it would be legitimate to require the payment of an upgrade to a phone that is less than one year, if the OS is under GPL license, and where the only reason users would have no option to update themselves because the device is tivoized?

Or in other words: I'm the only one to consider the use of this word as a rather pathetic attempt to wring the upgrade as a great favor, rather than basic support, like many users he would see?

In other words, we are all slaves to a locked system. The word "free" is implicit in the prey on the consciousness of guilt of customers, that we should not deserve.

When I said a suggestion long ago, everyone should ask bike, it's ALL ABOUT the MONEY? OR A HARDWARE LIMITATION?

If it was money, then Yes, I think a LOT of PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN to PAY for an update in a timely, judging by our despair.

But now that the word "FREE" is used, I think it's the ultimate excuse for, "I must spend my year-end vacation, see ya in 2011 the Miller.

Tags: Motorola Phones

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