Originally Posted by
jd914 I have a developer edition and I'm an att customer and I no longer get carrier subsidized devices. The reason why I got a developer edition M8 was because I don't want carrier bloatware and be at the mercy of the carrier as to when they see fit to upgrade my device. I haven't purchased a carrier subsidized device for quite some time now and don't see myself ever going that route.
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Yup. Same here. Got the Developer Edition. The major carriers are putting software on the phones for tracking consumer spending and patterns and selling that data. Personally I don't want that crap lagging my phone and I don't want a sneaky carrier, who I'm already paying quite handsomely for service, monitoring me and selling my info. Google is bad enough.
Although the bootloader is unlocked on the DE, you still need to root to flash custom ROMs or to apply the app SDfix.