I agree Bl@ze. While Google is making a noble gesture in making the hardware requirements lower, at the end of the day it still is unforeseeable why the carriers would play ball...
The only way this is advantageous is for those who will be willing to get to work at unlocking, rooting and flashing the required items themselves... (which is a select few).
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