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As opposed to renting the service, and paying for the cost of the phone as well?
So you agree that humans were not free then, contrary to what the podium in the image claims? Congratulations, we agree.
As opposed to being able to use any phone, in any style or color, you wanted. More importantly though, in practice it also meant that the phone company could control who could make phones.