We loved Ryan Reynold's marketing strategy. We loved that it was a smaller wireless company. Having an affordable phone plan was a big positive influence on my life." I thought he was actually a celebrity that cared about people and wanted to use his wealth for good. But I still can’t help but feel betrayed. "I know that I don’t know Ryan personally and I know it was silly to take a chance on a newer phone company because a charismatic guy told me to…. If you believe that Tmobile won't change everything EVENTUALLY and jack up prices you are crazy.all good things come to an end. "Well, there goes the prices we have been all been used to. This is like leaving an abusive relationship just to have your social worker at the safe shelter call your abusive partner to come pick you up." I was a T-mobile customer for a few years, and I switched to Mint specifically to get away from T-mobile. With acquisitions like this, it's only a matter of time before the prices go up, the quality goes down, and everything that made the smaller company great is gone." "As a Mint Mobile customer, I'm not thrilled by this announcement. (I mean, I did, but mostly because of the acquisition and not because "meatbot2576" wrote run-on sentences without commas in all lowercase letters.) The first 10 comments I read were united in their complaint that another good and fun and non-horrible thing in life will be acquired into the corporate blobosphere. In a shocking turn of events, I read the comments below the YouTube video announcement and did not despair for the future of humanity. So Mint felt special-customer-focused and quirky rather than corporate and soulless-but of course the company was just another closely owned acquisition play that, pending regulatory approval, will now be acquired by the "Un-Carrier." Blargh. And it wasn't just me Mint racked up many recommendations, including the "best budget" wireless option from Wirecutter. Now, I love a good value, but not at the cost of janky service, constant hiccups, and 2000-era websites like I saw at other cheap mobile providers. Mint felt fresh it was a wireless carrier with a slick website and app that worked (at least for me) simply and seamlessly, an irreverent and straight-talking style (Reynolds sent out temp tattoos of his face to subscribers for Christmas they said, "No Ragrets"), and great prices. As Reynolds said in a statement, "We are so happy T-Mobile beat out an aggressive last-minute bid from my mom Tammy Reynolds as we believe the excellence of their 5G network will provide a better strategic fit than my mom’s slightly-above-average mahjong skills." (Ha-ha!) Reynolds also released the funniest acquisition video I have ever seen. Good for actor Ryan Reynolds, part-owner of Mint Mobile. and agreed to sell them all to T-Mobile for $1.35 billion. I like to think the message was intended for me, too, because today, my beloved low-cost wireless carrier, Mint Mobile, packed up its ironic communications style, its celebrity ownership, and its $15/month plans. reader comments 172 withĪs every Roman historian and Shakespeare fan knows, a soothsayer once told Caesar to beware the Ides of March, for on that day, dark and terrible things would happen.
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