No, I mean the context is, when you buy a phone from Best Buy, the sales person uses deceptive language to frame it as if your phone will not function unless you purchase a plan by asking “Would you like to activate your phone right now”, implying its locked and can’t even be used for Google Voice/VOIP calls, and as a multi-function tool (GPS, Camera, Notes, E-Reader, Audio Recorder, etc…).

Deceptive Corporatist language.

Correct. But SIM =/= Phone

You have heard of the concept of using your phone as a Wifi-Only Device, right?

Perhaps it isn’t exactly a new term, but I hate that term regardless. A smartphone can do many things without a cellular connection, a cell plan is not an “activation” but a feature upgrade.

Not sure if this fits this comm, but I hate that the act of buying a phone plan and inseting a sim card is now referred to as “activation”.

“Activation” is the iPhone forced internet-setup thing, not the fact that you use wifi-only instead of cellular. 🤦‍♂️

“Yay, they finally allows access to my machine that I bought and paid for… 🫠”

a few minutes later…

“Wait what now? They added WHAT? 😱 (“Copilot” AI 🤮)”

Eventually, they’re gonna make changing the OS illegal and burn in windows into the hardware. Welcome to the world of tomorrow! 🙃