TheKurrgan
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As far as carrier policy, I agree with everyone.. its a money grab.
Google on the other hand may have finally gotten enough pressure from having the feature enabled by default on the AOSP build, while carriers love to charge for the feature.
Removing it however from the AOSP build would require a change in how the RIL works, and a new radio in the nexus s. Which if you buy the GT-i9020A and use the UCKE1 radio you'll discover the feature is disabled out of the box, and to activate it you need to flash a new radio.
Re-enabling this wont be hard, as long as google didnt change the RIL too much to appease carriers.
Google on the other hand may have finally gotten enough pressure from having the feature enabled by default on the AOSP build, while carriers love to charge for the feature.
Removing it however from the AOSP build would require a change in how the RIL works, and a new radio in the nexus s. Which if you buy the GT-i9020A and use the UCKE1 radio you'll discover the feature is disabled out of the box, and to activate it you need to flash a new radio.
Re-enabling this wont be hard, as long as google didnt change the RIL too much to appease carriers.