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kautau@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoIt was provided
Sure, but the cost of it was also baked into your monthly subscription, you were renting it. And if they gave it to you “for free” they were still making tons of profits on your monthly bill
Not saying it’s not worse, but the idea that was like “when corporations were nice” also definitely isn’t true
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 2 weeks ago
By 1987 you no longer had to rent the phone itself.