[...] which along with this phrase -- "decreases the resale value of devices that consumers have paid for in full" -- seems to be included highlight the fact that the situation where a phone has been paid for in full is potentially different from a subsidized phone which is still being paid off.
The petition is about both of them. Another of its complaints applies only to phones with contracts: roaming fees,
Consumers will be forced to pay exorbitant roaming fees to make calls while traveling abroad.
(The point being that travellers' inability to deal directly with other telcos, because of the locks on their phones, gives telcos monopoly power, allowing them to charge monopolistic rates).
You conveniently neglected to italicize "even after their contract has expired"
I did italicize it -- that's what I was emphasising! It's double-italicized so it became normal again, according to this rule, which I infer is a bit obscure (sorry for the time-wasting!)
If something within a run of italics needs to be italicized itself, the type is normally switched back to non-italicized (roman) type
The petition is about both of them. Another of its complaints applies only to phones with contracts: roaming fees,
Consumers will be forced to pay exorbitant roaming fees to make calls while traveling abroad.
(The point being that travellers' inability to deal directly with other telcos, because of the locks on their phones, gives telcos monopoly power, allowing them to charge monopolistic rates).
You conveniently neglected to italicize "even after their contract has expired"
I did italicize it -- that's what I was emphasising! It's double-italicized so it became normal again, according to this rule, which I infer is a bit obscure (sorry for the time-wasting!)
If something within a run of italics needs to be italicized itself, the type is normally switched back to non-italicized (roman) type
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italic_type#Italics_within_ita...
The first italicisation is what I understand to be HN convention: to italicize quoted text.