Reading some of the comments on the Slashdot article, it makes a lot of sense. The major reason they sell so many calculators is because kids can use them in school, and they're one of very few calculators allowed. They limit functionality on certain calculators so that they can be used in standardized testing. If the kids could install something so it looks like they don't have programs to help them cheat, these would no longer be allowed on standardized tests, so they wouldn't be able to sell nearly as many calculators.
Voting with your wallets is what they're going for. A lot of people with high-speed internet access hardly use it, so they won't hit the cap and so won't notice the difference. If we the tech-savvy downloaders switch providers, that's fine with them. It will make everyone else on their network slightly happier, and lower their costs and increase those of their competition. It's horrible for us, but I bet this plan will work out for them. At least until movie download services replace movie rental stores, that is.
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