Linus Sebastian vs Ryan Reynolds

Ryan Reynolds et al sell Mint Mobile to its competitor, T-Mobile.


FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL
---------------------------------------------------

[IAmCjcj]

Laughing at the fact that the first ad for this video was a mint mobile ad with Ryan in it.

Edit: Yes I'm well aware I don't have ad block, you guys can cool it. Not to mention I made this comment on my phone.

[sfdudeck]

I’m a current t-mobile employee and we were all pretty shocked this happened. We knew that mint used t-mobile towers, but we didn’t expect it to go further than that

[earnistse]

I’ve been on mint mobile for just about 3 years. The experience was absolutely amazing with no cellular issues and I paid 30 bucks a month for unlimited 5g data. While I’m certainly disappointed with this sale …. I can’t say I never expected something like this to happen, still upset with you though Ryan.

[danielberglv]

Had the same experience with my bank. Got tired of this large bank I had and their very bad costumer service, and decided to switch to a smaller and more online/DIY oriented bank. Was happy with this for like a year, and then my old bank bought the damn thing and completely incorporated/merged everything into their own.

[syntehk]

I left T-mobile for mint and was very happy with the choice after the first 3 months that I ended up buying yearly service instead of monthly. Kind of pissed that this is going to reduce competition in the space.

[Hephera]

for those curious. Gin is distilled alcohol flavored with juniper berries. whiskey is distilled alcohol flavored by aging it in barrels. They taste completely different from eachother.
also gin is clear and whiskey is usually brown. so you can tell them apart easily just from looking at them.

[jamespetkwitz]

So Mint mobile was using T-Mobile towers.. could there be a scenario where Mint mobile was growing too fast, taking too many T-Mobile customers and T mobile gave them a "offer" to take a deal or lose the lease? I don't know the mobile tech space, but it seems like you can only run a company like Mint for so long leasing towers, and basically poaching customers from the other brand that tries to be the "low cost alternative"

[tvl]

I’m under nda (mint employee here) and this is my alt account, I probably shouldn’t say this but one of the key aspects of this deal was that T-Mobile threatened to throttle or cut mints lease if they didn’t stop growing and taking customers. That’s all I think I’m allowed to say for now until the deal actually goes through.

Update time: Appears all the employees of the marketing and the sales team will also be signing non-disclosure-agreements, and no I won’t be providing proof of employment because I don’t like jail time.

[rhkips]

Like so many small wireless providers, Mint Mobile was an MVNO; they didn't license any spectrum, rather, they were piggybacking on T-Mobile's network. Realistically, there never was an option to be bought out by anyone other than T-Mobile, lest they incur massive expenses in changing the fundemental function of their network and billing, which would significantly impact their customers.

[Thepersianpopinjay]

Can't say I didn't expect this to happen. They already used T-mobile towers, so it was only a matter of time until they became a subsidiary. Depending on how this goes pricing and service wise (a total unknown "for now"), I may transfer from T-mobile to Mint.

[dstinnettmusic]

T-Mobile owns like 3 of 3rd party carriers and runs their own pre-paid plans.

I’m surprised regulators let them do this

T-Mobile owns Metro, Assurance, and now Mint. And again, also sell the same service.

[JosephM]

I use Mint Mobile, simply because I cannot afford anything more expensive (nor would I want to), and I simply do not care about things like unlimited data. Even as a teenager, I (typically) barely even touch my 4 GB limit each month (although I get to about 3) so the ~$25/month that we're paying is absolutely perfect for my needs. I can only hope it stays that way.

[feederbrian]

I switched to Mint in order to AVOID T-Mobile. Seeing that announcement in my email box was like waking up to a slap in the face because I know what it means for the future. Needless to say, I’m not a fan of this Telecom racket.

Since I have to manage the lines for my family, and I have the means to do so, I’ve pre-paid my plans through 2024 to make sure T Mobile doesn’t pull a fast one on me when the acquisition goes through.

[MrPIN]

Super successful hollywood movie star, was once voted sexiest man alive, and is married to a knock out. Dude is a walking cheat code as an influencer, anything he touches turns to gold.

[oddhuman]

People act as if it was Ryan who sold the company. He was a MINORITY stakeholder. If the other shareholders wanted to sell the company, he couldn't stop them.

[swlmmrtn]

T-Mobile also did this with the acquisition of Sprint mobile. Told everyone that they weren't changing anything "for the forseable future" and then forced people to upgrade phones, changed original plan costs, and made them choose a T-Mobile plan within like 1-2 years.

[getinthespace]

I liked mint and enjoyed using the t-mobile and at&t towers for $30/month for unlimited data.
I used to have T-mobile about a decade ago and really liked their national no roaming plan.
Mint provides a huge price discount for essentially the same service.
If they keep the service cost the same. I could care less. If they raise prices I'll jump ship for one of the other small carrier alternatives.
There are quite a few out there.

[pair_of_fins]

I liked mint, and I hope my service stays the same. I dont really want to find an alternative when I already had what I wanted

[Jayeeyee]

I'm a Mint customer. The moment I see my monthly rates go up... I'm jumping ship. I'm already looking at alternatives and taking notes in preparation when (not if) that day will come.

[ragtop]

The only thing I know about Blake Lively, aside from her horrible name, is that she was in a movie where she was flexing about the fact that she was getting smashed by two different guys. Don’t remember the name of the movie.