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user-inactivated  ·  3073 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Russia’s State Duma just approved some of the most repressive laws in post-Soviet history

The promised price spike is said to come from the expenses of purchasing and maintaining the necessary equipment - data storage, eventual repair, electricity to run the whole thing etc.. Whether or not it's that expensive is beyond me, but common sense dictates to agree with the cell providers.