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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- Ryan Reynolds et al sell Mint Mobile to its competitor, T-Mobile.
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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
T-Mobile scooping up companies bet they going to buy another in the next two years
bro I get about 1300 mbps at work thanks to one of your towers being across the street, old man t-mobile be rippin' lines back there or something bro that shit is heinous
@@weenusdeletus8068 I work for AT&T, little secret (not really) for you is that most T-Mobile towers are fed/connected by AT&T fiber. Same goes for Verizon.
@@Schnozinski only the slow ones
@@Schnozinski While that is neat, AT&T's speeds don't reflect the tech (near me) and it's kind of a beta company i dunno i'm just not like that
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.
The first ad ?
bruh you guys better start using adblock if you are getting multiple ads in a single video
The irony lol.
@@DumbMuchrooms that don’t exist on youtube mobile app unfortunately
I use brave just because 🤠piracy is fun
This is the way
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.
Same here, 3 years with Mint $30/mo unlimited, loved the service.
@@shiftymiata if they change the plans up at least we had a good run.
@@theonlyone992 well I did say that I sort of expected it so.
They haven't touched my similar sprint plan since the merge.
Don't hop ship until they change prices. I'm pretty sure they're gonna add more features if anything to the service itself. I doubt they will change prices because most people sign up for mint because of the price.
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.
That bank is out to get you lmao
That's an FUinparticular moment.
Same happened to me with Simple. Got it to leave PNC. Simple was eventually sold to BBVA, then PNC merged with BBVA. Then my account converted to a PNC account. Made it a decade away from PNC just to return through mergers and buyouts lmao
Yup, some of the purest examples of monopoly allowed to happen. Just like Microsoft buying Activision and Bethesda.
yeah like when Chase bought WaMu. argughghg.
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.
T-Mobile now owns
Mint
Metro pcs
Boost mobile
@@Jose-qy2bj Sprint
You never left TMO when Mint was always using their towers.
Honestly, T mobile usually just leaves all their acquisitions do what they want. While they do now have a larger market share, at least for now they haven't initiated whatever evil scheme they're planning.
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"
Yeah the article/whatever saying Mint was a "direct" competitor doesn't seem right when Mint was paying T-Mobile for the towers.
@@scooby149999 Its still people giving mint their cash instead of T-Mobile, even if they got a cut off the top 🤷♂
In my country t-mobile is the one leasing towers and fiber from other networks to service plans 😆
No. T-Mobile literally loves mint, they tried sending Google Fi to Mint for business, but Google didn't want to deal with 3rd parties. Mint has been a huge support in T-Mobile's pocket purchasing all the extra data that T-Mobile had. Mint has tons of other unique deals that they've worked out over the years that literally made them. They've been preparing to get purchased by somebody for a long time.
your scenario definitely didnt happen lol. you can run a low cost network as long as you want because the tier 1 providers still make so much more money, and their customers get priority over the low cost options
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.
I don't know how anyone could forget what Gin is if they've ever had it. Tastes *exactly* like cedar leaves smell. It's extremely divisive, people love it or hate it.
@@someguy8443 Can confirm, I hate gin. But then again I don't drink much of anything really. I did drink a bunch of Gin as a teen one night though, and while I have done the same with other types of booze, I can still remember the taste of the gin and it was not nice.
@@someguy8443 I can't stand Gin by itself but with tonic water (Schwepps) a slice of lime or lemon and a little salt it is drink made in heaven.
Whiskey is distilled from grains like corn, barley, wheat.
@@DingDingTheRUclipsBuddy No, it tasted like licorice, and you need help.
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.
Remember how many years it took them to buy sprint?
data companies always have a monopoly, as long as there is 2 companies that pretend not to collab to keep the market in monopoly
data service companies are always 2 in the states, and the rest get bought out... and then the rest of companies and industry also do this. as long as 2 exist, they can defend that claim
Are you really surprised? Are yoy reaaaaally surprised?
Verizon is the biggest and best cell provider but is expensive but never have had a gap in service coverage anywhere with verizon. I got stuck in the middle of nowhere once where ATT had no coverage and people rarely went down that road took 2 days to get help.
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.
This is pretty common among MVNOs. Once an MVNO achieves a certain size, the carrier sometimes acquires the business and absorbs those lines into the collective. See Tracfone, Boost, Cricket, and more.
Also, the deal was more extensive than Mint Mobile. It also included "Ultra Mobile" and the wholesaler "Plum".
Boost started out as a joint venture with Nextel, which owned their own towers. Then Sprint bought Nextel, a classic corporate consolidation move. Then T-Mobile bought Sprint, but Dish bought Boost due to FCC divestment requirements. Now Boost has deals with AT&T and T-Mobile to provide service, while building their own network (theoretically).
I love capitalism, it's not needlessly complicated or anything!
@@Dudofall I don’t know why having that knowledge does for you but I respect it🤣💀
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.
Oh. Oh that's bad.
Youre full of shit they literally cant do that
You should've made an Alt-Alt ++++ Alternate account for this, my friend. And then Gone HAM on it. This makes sense though. That's big busienss for you.....
T-Mobile was making bank off of leasing towers to them. Stop lying.
@@THB192 that’s why I haven’t updated this with more info.
Linus goin on about "now" gave me flashbacks of that one scene from spaceballs.. I was half expecting Luke to chime in with "Soon".
Was just about to say the same lol
Exactly this
ruclips.net/video/nRGCZh5A8T4/видео.html
Same!
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.
This is fundamentally different tho. Sprint was running a separate network using a different technology, so they needed to migrate those users (and towers) to their own network in order to have one better network (with more towers / better coverage) rather than maintaining 2 separate (and incompatible) network. With Mint (or any other T-Mobile MVNO) they are really just wholesale customers using T-Mobile's existing network, so there aren't the additional costs of keeping a separate network running.
@@dan_lu I agree with your premise of different networks, but forcing them to move to their billing pricing, which is MUCH higher, is exactly what they are going to do just as they did with Sprint. Tower maintenance is also not a real factor since taking care of say 2000 towers on one network and 2000 towers on another network is relatively equal. I agree that they needed to "change over those towers" in order to increase the cellular range of their network for customers, but In fact changing those towers over to another type of network increases the cost of maintaining those towers as you need to update hardware, software, and possibly computers along with it. Also, side note, Sprint customers went with Sprint due to their already great coverage in their area, so no real benefit for those customers that already enjoyed their service unless you include traveling (possibly). The most it did was increase the range of their current customers at the time to include Sprint towers as well. So no gain for Sprint customers, and all gain for prior existing T-Mobile customers.
Exactly! Was there a profit motive? Yea, but was mainly motivated by growing their network and market share. Also, the old Sprint customers keep their phones numbers, pricing, and plans.
Does it suck? Yea switching/change is never all that fun 😂
@@japhalpha We did not retain our plans or pricing.
I was part of Sprint and still have not had to change my plan or increase in how much I pay. Did have to change some phones, but was told far ahead of time that was going to happen. Then we wound up getting good free phones to replace the ones that needed an upgrade. Except one which we still got a good deal on. And all of those phones were 3 to 5 years old, we were going to need to upgrade soon anyway. Sorry you had a bad experience. Hope you have a blessed day.
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.
Same here. Black Friday was the best time for me to purchase the annual plan and the service is ok where I live. I don't care about the other drama Linus is creating other than just the product itself as long as it works for me.
Same here. I was on google fi before and it was not bad. But mint was cheaper that's why I switched
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.
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.
If you wanted to avoid T-Mobile why use an mvno that uses their towers....you could have gone with US mobile, visible, etc so many other options. You're not really getting away from them lol
@@Sakosaga I won't speak for the guy you replied to but I haven't heard of either provider you mentioned so awareness may be part of it
@@Sakosaga I am aware of how CDMA and GSM works. I had to pick one and the path of least resistance was a subcarrier using the network that our devices were already *locked* into.
At the time, I had to make a switch but didn’t have the money to get unlocked devices. Thus, GSM was the de facto option.
Network lock is a beautiful thing, isn’t it.
They usually would not be able to change your existing plans, I used to work for Criket when it was purchased by AT&T the plans no one was changed the plans by it self, you have the option to keep the grandfather plan or change to a newer and mostly better plan.
You may have prepaid the bill to lock in the price but that won't stop T-Mobile from cutting corners everywhere and making the customer service just as shitty as their customer service.
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.
How much data do you get per month?
Is mobile data really that expensive in North America? I'm paying 5 pounds (sterling, so like $6) on 3gb of data in the UK, whereas in Romania I got like 60gb for the same amount of money. No subscriptions. I know that Europe's total area is quite small, but population density is about double that of the US so at most the price should be double that in Europe.
@@rowdq 4GB he said. I used to have 5GB limit on my plan from t mobile and it was honestly not a issue as long as i wasn't just watching RUclips videos all day on my data. Now i have unlimited for $10 because i got a deal on it
@@leonro there are data contracts here in italy that offer 100-150gb for less than 10 euros. I feel lucky
20$ for 4 GB? I have unlimited calls, SMS and 70 GB of data for 6€/month with a low-cost carrier here in EU. That's an absurd price for me.
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
well there's always Cricket :)
its not going to change significantly. this video is speculative garbage
@@Alex-zi1nb I think the larger point was really Ryan Reynold's greed hoss
@@Alex-zi1nb nah it will. TMobile will keep it for now, but eventually they'll kill mint, offer everyone a promo discount to switch to T-Mobile, and then once the promo is over everyone's back to a overpriced phone plan unless you go find another MVNO
@@dbunik44 You mean AT&T? Because that's who owns Cricket and they are just as bad as Verizon and T-Mobile.
The main difference between whiskey and gin is that whiskey gets its flavor from being aged in charred oak barrels while gin is flavored by adding juniper berries. There are also slight differences in the base spirit, but they are both made from fermented grains like wheat and rye so they are fairly comparable.
Uh...no..the end product is not comparable at all. Not in the slightest.
@@jenkem4464 Both of them start with similar base grains, go through similar distilling processes, and are about the same ABV (though gins are a bit more variable). What really makes them different are how they are aged and flavored, yes that yields different products but they have far more in common which each other than they do with something like tequila which is made from a succulent instead of a grain.
@@fakjbf3129 True, but the point is the end products which are very very different and nobody would mistake a gin for a whiskey on tasting.
Gonna be real about this change. I'm with MetroPCS down here in Detroit. Well, it WAS MetroPCS before T-Mobile bought them. We were with them because they were a lower cost, easily accessible carrier in the area. When they got bought by T-Mobile I got a little spooked that something would change for the worse, I'd had poor experience before with major carriers like AT&T. Anyways, that buyout was a few years ago now and I'm still with "Metro by T-Mobile". Basically nothing changed. Win-Win I suppose.
You are missing the point. he was a MINORITY shareholder. I think the offer was so good that, the even if he would have objected would have been voted down.
T-mobile just done the same thing with Mint as Dunder Mifflin with the Michael Scott paper company.
Yup, Luke and Linus understand this but 🤷♂️
@@Sakosaga im not sure linus does...
Not only that, he was a minority owner of a subsidiary. From what I have read, RR owns 20-25% of Mint. T-Mobile bought Mint’s parent company which includes other MVNO’s like Ultra Mobile as well as other companies. Depending upon the structure of the deal and their shareholder agreement, he may not have even had a vote in this.
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.
It's worth remembering that they've been using T-mobile's network infrastructure all along. I'm speculating here, but it's entirely possible that their contract was coming to an end and they got squeezed.
The idea people think this was going to be the same for ever in a time when businesses have a 87% chance of closing in 5 years..This was GOING to happen at some point
Mint would get their own towers, which would not be smart for the cost to the customers or Tmobile just takes back their customersj and calls this a pre paiid service....
8:26 He co-owns Wrexham AFC with Rob McElhenney. The club is based in Wales and currently play in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. They are one of professional football's oldest club. There's even a tv series under the FX network, documenting their purchase and stewardship of the club. Season 1 had 18 episodes and was generally quite well-received with season 2 already announced by FX back in May 2021.
I love how much this felt like a scene from Spaceballs for a bit!! 😂
I believe Ryan sold to get capital to buy the Ottawa Senators. He’s been rumored to be part of the ownership group that recently put in a bid to own the team
It's crazy they never mentioned it once in the video
@@CSIS25 because it doesn't change what he's done 🤷🏻♂️
@@KonohazFinest Well it kinda does...if he did it to put towards the Sens ownership deal then he didn't sell to make a quick buck.
@@TCV12 and again it doesn't take away from what he did.
@@KonohazFinest FFS. He only owns 25% of the company. He doesn't get to call the shots of the company; Mint's parent company has direct control and were likely the ones that pushed for the sale since T-Mobile is acquiring them too. Not just Mint, but also Ultra and Plum mobile
I'm a Mint customer, and I don't know if I'm going to stick around after this. Given that Mint runs off of T-Mobile's bands I guess it's possible that T-Mobike strongarmed Mint to sell, but the big payout is a huge red flag.
Nah, you need to look at what other telecoms do. They all do this. Their goal is to use companies like mint to increase pressure on their competitors without cutting their own prices. Take a look at 48 and Three in Ireland. 48 has stupidly good deals and Three already aren’t that bad.
I’m paranoid, so I pre-paid through 2024 in advance so that I’d be locked in just in case. Maybe that’s the move since we don’t know what will change. 🤷♂️
Mvno are not popular in my country also the ones that exist belong to major carriers, only one that doesn’t belong to them is lycamobile but is to expensive is not worth it.
With Reynalds, the payout gives him the opportunity to do that with more brands that are struggling. That is literally his business model. Your model is very different, your model is running the business, his is promoting the business.
this makes sense, got a little worried from the takes in the video
Ryan explained it in one of his videos. He's more of a marketing guy than someone that knows how to run a business.
That's bullshit. It's a nice PR statement and the fact people like you read it and go out making comments putting Reynolds in a better light is exactly why he said it like that. It's actually depressing that people like you buy into it. There is NOTHING about selling that company that will be good for CONSUMERS. Helping brands that are struggling, that's a laughable comment, what planet do you live on.
at the full expense of saying f you all by tricking/deceiving customers and his fans...which is the entire point of the video
@@Le_Mon9 Which is exactly the same as Red Bull, they don't actually produce anything, they simply market
Pov you got a mint mobile ad with Ryan at the end of the video
alcohol is made by fermenting sugar in various foods. the different names for alcohols typically are because the material being fermented is different, the type of fermentation is different, or because it was made in a specific place
The biggest shock here to me was that Ryan even actually owned mint to begin with, I wrote that off as corpo bs from the jump 😂
he owned 25%
@@6770chiefs that is a huge stake.
@@Anakin_Ackerman It's a lot for a single shareholder, but not enough to be able to directly have control over the company. And that's assuming that he even gets a say; they could have given him non-voting stocks.
I jumped onto Mint basically right when it started back when it was called MintSIM since I had issues with Google Fi (Getting charged more and more as you used data when MintSIM offered just over my average monthy data cap for cheap, I believe 4GB. It did eventually change to unlimited). I was pretty surprised when I heard the news that Ryan bought them out. I still use Mint to this day and I love it, but I'm worried for the future of the carrier.
I guarantee, at 25%, he had a vote on the board and they got him 300million for his vote.
Mint was already using mostly T-mobile's network...in an ideal world this mighr mean cutting out middleman fees between Mint and T-Mobile, keeping rhe price low for Mint customers, in the real world it means less competition and that they can jack up prices/reduce quality as much as they want with less recoil
FFS, you don't actually believe that, you can't be that naive. It never has and never will work like that. The fees WILL creep up, as always happens again and AGAIN. You sound like you've been brainwashed by their PR department.
@Tony Bain I don't think you understood the original comment
@@TheycallmeMrWonka I don’t think you read the whole comment…..
I dunno why the FCC even allows this kind of anti-consumer deal to go through. Just how much is t-mobile bribing the FCC committee with? Did we learn nothing from the AT&T conglomerate?
@@futuza underfunded and overly corrupted government organizations will do that to a country
I'm quite annoyed at mint for this since it's basically the only cheap plan. I'm on disability so the pricing was really important for me and I bet by the time my contract is up it'll be raised
i bet it wont
Do you qualify for ACS at all because you can apply it with providers like Verizon AT&T and T-Mobile it can take like $30/mo off your phone bill
Don’t you guys have in the us have discount for low income people or disability, in my country you can get 33% off in some plans
@@LiamMcBride I do but I use that for my internet instead. Works out cheaper that way for 'reasons'.
Switch to us mobile they have affordable pricing
Ryan Reynolds is like the only person who could rob you with a smile and you wouldn't even be mad.
...if you say so.
@@LegionIscariot he's right. Now give me your wallet!
@@LegionIscariot I do say, I do say. 😂
*wouldn't? 🤔
he's not even the best canadian ryan
I was a T-mobile customer before switching to Mint about a year ago for the better price. And since the network is the same, as long as they don't raise the price or cut the level of service then I'm not really upset.
I had Mint Mobile for about 5 years while I lived in the USA, it was good (not great) but it was cheap and I had the unlimited plan (I got the prepaid 1 year so it was around 28 bucks a month). It used the T-Mobile grid so it was pretty much having T-Mobile but I payed less than half of what I would've paid for T-mobile lol
tmobile is lesser quality service. verizon and att are better towers if you travel outside state to state (did this coast to coast, north to south with all services besides verizon but can confirm with others testing them all for years)
@@dertythegrower I definitely noticed that, my friend had AT&T and when we traveled he had signal way more often than I did. For me it wasn’t a huge deal though because I didn’t travel often enough for it to bother me. I am also the kind of person who downloads all my music, movies and etc before traveling anyways
@@dertythegrower Really depeneds on where you live. T-Mobile 5G coverage is way better than ATT and Verizon in my area. A few years ago I switched to a $50 T-Mobile prepaid plan that comes with 50GB of priority high speed data and then it goes to deprioritized instead of 3G speeds if I go over the 50GB limit. So far i've been happy with the switch. Verzion and ATT's coverage in the places I regularly travel to is better as well. T-Mobile is the only service that has roaming for voice calls on their prepaid plans which is nice to have when I'm driving in remote areas that aren't covered by TMO, ATT, or VZW.
As an Australian, I hate how good your plans are there. I pay for both mobile broadband and mobile. All up its $170 a month for 700gb
@@asdfssdfghgdfy5940 damn! That's what I pay for TV, home internet, and cell service.
"I have no intention..." is a lot like "Trust me bro." XP
Unfortunately, that's the endgame for most NVNOs. Cricket users had the same issues when AT&T consumed them. However, the conglomerate generally leaves the MVNO alone, and this was the case with Cricket. Also, I'm pretty sure Ryan Reynolds wasn't the controlling owner of Mint. Also also, he can now afford to own part of the Ottawa Senators.
Same with Metro, Metro offers better plans under their T-Mobile ownership and better coverage
Tracfone just got bought by Verizon, Ting is owned by Dish... the corruption never ends in this country. Whoever it is at the FTC who keeps approving these mergers and acquisitions needs to get their balls stomped on.
Why exploit ppl with a mobile company when you can screw them with pro sports?
Ottawa Senators? Now they just need a player called Senator Armstrong
I'm using Cricket right now, their customer support is much better, the prices are much better and the prices never increase.
so now that LTT is down where will i watch my WAN show... i was trying to finish the last one at work today.
I was actually thinking of signing up for Mint until I saw that news. Now I'm holding off to see how it all pans out.
Also aren't these Companies like Mint Mobile just "Renting" bandwidth or cell tower usage, all of which are controlled by a few companies?
yes, you buy wholesale and then if you overpass the wholesale cost, by getting more users, youre golden as long as you keep the users below the set limit you wholesale buy.
Yes, walmart does that as well. mnvo i believe is the term
People on here acting like he was a majority owner decision maker, he was 25% minority owner of one sub-brand of the larger company that sold. He had limited say in the deal
linus isnt the smartest business brain tbh
cause he was public face and they want to hate someone for it. would be like hating the all state actor for something company does.
He didn't say that though. All the advertising was him as the owner and him being committed to saving you money. He chose to say that so if he catches the majority of the flak it's on him.
I was waiting for the Space Balls meme.
"You're looking at now sir, everything that's happening now is happening now"
"What happened to then?"
"We passed then"
"When?"
"Just now!"
7:53
The way he throws his hands up like
*DONT TAKE MY WORD FOR THIS* 😂
"Nobody has any intention of building a wall“ - Walter Ulbricht, President of East Germany, 1961
As a now-former Sprint user who was Borg-style assimilated into T-Mobile, I'll just tell the Mint users in the chat that while it hasn't been as bad as I was expecting, it still hasn't been great. As far as I'm aware, my whole family was grandfathered in on an unlimited everything plan at Sprint; T-Mobile kept our plans and pricing the same for quite some time, but gradually began to make changes to our service until finally just making us switch to one of their standard plans. I'm not the one who pays, so I'm the wrong one to ask about pricing, but while the coverage has been great and the speed is about the same or better (not that Mint users would experience any difference as they already use T-Mobile's network), the data collection policy is a load of BS.
I can add to this, it actually hasn't been terrible pricing wise. I was in the same situation as you were, and our monthly bill, has not increased, it has decreased and we have two more lines that we used to
I feel like Ryan sold for money, but not because of just the having the money, but more to fund his other projects. He owns a Football team which requires a lot of money to run.
And look like he is in on the Ottawa Senators.
Plus he can use the football team and the Netflix docu series to amplify mint and aviation gin to maintain their growth whilst he goes through the required time period. To enable the 100% cash out.
He didn't "sell" for anything. He had no more than 25% of shares. It was never his decision.
The club he owns is something like a 4th league club (not exactly sure how the league systems work in the UK tbh but it should be thereabouts).
These clubs don't cost that much to run, a single movie would probably pay the entire budget for a decade or so.
@@michaelkensbock661 the team is wrexham and they’re in wales. The team plays in the fifth division (the premier league is the first). Every year the top teams get promoted to the next level while the crappiest teams get kicked out.
I am so sad that I will never get a voicemail from Ryan on my mobile ever again. He didn't even call me to say sorry.
I've used Mint since 2017, always paid annually. There's other options out there, if things go south, but I prefer to pay annually and refer friends to essentially get my service free.
I've always used Mint Mobile for about 2 years now. Did not expect this at all. Another thing is how I saved even more money is order a sim card with a different plan each time mailed to me so I am still paying first time customer price. Instead of paying $120 for unlimited I pay $90 + $10 for the shipping and taxes involved in the sim card. Results into getting a new number everytime which is good for my use.
I disagree that the only reason to cash out is money. If you're someone who has new ideas for different projects constantly then it makes sense to cash out of one business once you have taken it as far as it will reasonably go to fund your next idea.
That's true, but the reason we can know without any more information is just "it's for money"
Are you insane. He has a shit ton of money he doesn't need to cash out anything. Your're being a mindless PR tool if you buy into bullshit statements like that. In THIS instance, It's about MONEY, that's it.
Ryan has a football club to fund, Wrexham FC.
It can also very much be, jump off at the right time.
@@Sidowse Oh we got a lot of mobile operator without its own network
@6:00 I think the reason for the sale to T-Mobile is that Mint was already using the T-Mobile network to connect customers... In the UK we have supermarket mobile brands like TESCO MOBILE who use the O2 network, we have the ID supplier that uses the THREE network.. I'm sure the relationship between T-MOBILE and Mint was done a long time ago and this is just an acquisition
Yep and now T-mobile will gut customer service, raise prices, reduce features, etc. We've seen this happen time and time again when the major carriers buy the MNVOs that use their network.
I will say T-Mobile is probably the best carrier they could sale to. T-Mobile is leaps and bounds better than AT&T or Verizon when it comes to customer service.
@@ImAlsoMerobiba I actually think it's gonna be the opposite. Mint is probably going to add more features since they're under them. I'm sure eventually it will be similar to there current service with MetroPCS snd the extra perks you get there. I don't see this being bad for the consumer because T-Mobile has been pro consumer for literally years, the only bad things they have been in is lying about how fast their service is but almost all these providers do that.
@@ImAlsoMerobiba They didn't do that with Metro though. Cricket and Visible were also bought by AT&T and Verizon respectively and both are still more or less the same. I don't really expect any major changes when it comes to Mint
I was a Mint Mobile customer for years (back when they were Mint SIM) and I think things started to noticeably deteriorate around the time Ryan Reynolds got involved, especially in the customer service area. I switched to a feature phone and a bare bones Red Pocket plan after both I and my brother (who I had recommended Mint Mobile to) both has severe issues with customer service. Mint Mobile fell from grace years ago.
Red Pocket bought Freedompop trying to make themselves a bigger carrier so they aren't necessarily any better than all the other scummy carriers in the US.
Ah yes it’s all Ryan Reynolds’s fault. He was just paid to promote it bro
@@DocHudson420 Yeah bro, sure bro, that's totally true bro. They paid him over 300 million dollars just to do a few cheeky commercials bro. Awesome story bro.
Cellular providers in the UK - "We've no intention of bringing back roaming charges, for now"
Also UK carriers "About those roaming fees... pay up"
For a minute there it was a repeat of the George Carlin stand-up routine on time and on 'the moment now"! XD
Ryan just pulled the "Trust me, bro."
He didn't pull anything. He had 25% shares tops. He wasn't allowed to make a decision about the company.
@@Wylie288 I can't believe the fanboys like you actually exists. Protect the Ryan at all costs. "Trust me, bro" is EXACTLY what he pulled and people like you eat that up.
@@Wylie288 That does not mean he had to make a "Trust Me Bro" statement. Could of said nothing or something more genuine and/or meaningless.
He is "that" guy, lol.
ive been using mint for years, before ryan reynolds was even involved, and its been great and very CONSISTENT, and this massive change tells me that my experience may become worse over time :'(
Why would it change, they use T-Mobile towers. Nothing will change service wise.
You have to relax
Mint's always been an MVNO on T-Mobile's network, I doubt it will be that different.
depended on the area, they used both network cdma and gsm, no? so if one area was bad, they were like walmarts and did both? no? but yeah tmobile wholesaler
"aren't Gin and whiskey like the same thing?" As a british person, i feel attacked.. xD
Obviously Ryan Reynolds sells companies for the money, but I think he likes to pick up different projects from time to time. He takes something that isn't doing well, turns it around and then wants to move on to the next thing. He's done it with Aviation Gin, Mint Mobile and is currently trying to turn around Wrexham Football Club. When Wrexham get to the Championship and possibly Premiership he'll sell it and move on to the next project.
I could see Ryan playin Linus in a movie few yrs!
Probably wants the money so he can buy the Ottawa Senators.
😂
I'm surprised no one else seems to know this. It's not about bills in his wallet, it's cashing in to invest in a bigger and better investment
I've used both Mint Mobile and Red Pocket, I'm currently using the latter. I don't think I'm going to go back to Mint at any point after this, for at least two reasons. This sale and the fact that I'd be stuck with no option besides the T-Mobile network. If I move somewhere with poor T-Mobile coverage, I'd have to port to a different carrier to get coverage and potentially lose out on the rest of my plan instead of just get a new SIM
mint was already using t-mobile towers
@@Alex-zi1nb yes, but the MVNO wasn't run by T-Mobile. The leadership and policies make a difference
Short version:
Whiskey is moonshine flavored by sticking it in a wooden barrel (usually white oak,) for a long time so it doesn't taste so nasty.
Gin is moonshine flavored by soaking a bunch of botanicals (like juniper, orange zest, etc...) in it so it doesn't taste so nasty.
I think that it makes little difference, mint ran on T-Mobile’s network either way. Honestly it might’ve been a better move to raise prices. Probably the company had to raise them and now it’s T-Mobile’s fault, not mints
This show is so entertaining. I love to see this two interact.
The guy on the right is so obnoxious.
@@mas5867 Yes. sometimes can be. But i dont think he notice it. I spare that because i know all of them mean well, but there are times that all of them can be obnoxious jejeje we all are humans anyway.
I believe he's also in a bidding war for NHL team "Ottawa Senators" could be wrong.
The target is the Ottawa Senators for his financial goals lol
It's like that scene in space balls. "When? .... NOW... When is now? You just missed it."
whiskey is an aged grain alcohol, usually some combination of wheat, rye and or corn, typically aged in oak. Gin isn't aged in wood and is typically infused with botanicals, especially juniper. If you go pick up a typical bottle of either they'll both probably be 80 proof/40%. It's more about flavor profile and production method than alcohol content, though it is more common to see high proof/overproof whiskies than it is gin iirc.
Starting to really disagree with Linus on a lot of subjects lately
What was there to disagree with?
@@graikonungr7502 For one, I doubt Ryan Reynolds' brand is going to be impacted at all. Mint's market share is so small overall that very few, if any, will care about this. And although he is the largest stakeholder, the parent company still holds more power over the company's direction that he probably couldn't stop it even if he tried.
He also isn't selling this just to acquire more wealth. Selling Mint works for him because he has other projects he needs to finance, such as his football club and his bid for an NHL team. Ironically, he has even been open about selling himself out to keep it going.
I agree with you. And for me it’s not always what he’s saying but how he’s saying it with a “I’m better than you” attitude.
@@graikonungr7502 The fact that ryan had no more than 25% ownership and none of this was something he would even be allowed to be involved in.
I envy these two, I wish I never met alcohol myself, I wish it was a stranger to me as well
I'm writing this comment 2 minutes in, but I've been a Mint customer for about 6 months and I could care less about the merger, especially since Mint already used T-Mobile's network infrastructure anyways.
EDIT: Are there really people who signed up for Mint because of Ryan Reynolds? I did because they were offering a great promo offer and I kept it because I was seeing essentially the same network coverage for about 1/3 of what I had been paying. As long as they keep providing that, I couldn't care less who their spokesperson is.
Umm, you've just described exactly what won't happen BECAUSE of this buyout, That's THE POINT. It happens every time, bigger companies buyout the smaller companies and the tariff and systems over TIME change to match the more EXPENSIVE model of the bigger company. In the UK all carriers have deals to use each others towers because no ONE company should have a monopoly on them and they aren't allowed to.
Whisky and gin are both derivatives of vodka. As where whisky is essentially vodka that’s left in wooden barrels for 10 years plus to absorb flavor and color from the barrels. Gin is left for a year or two in steel vats with botanics like juniper to absorb the flavors
wan show gonna be wild this week
I better still get a Christmas card from Ryan or I’m gonna be crushed.
Me still waiting for that fruit basket
I started getting inundated with Mint ads a while back, and I actually enjoyed them. Ryan Renolds is good at what he does. I actually contemplated switching, but then asked myself why I would trust him. His specialty is selling the image he crafts, be it a movie or his public persona. He's not a Zuckerberg, Jobs, or a Linus. I'm almost never swayed by celebrity, but he almost got me. It embarrasses me, honestly, that I entertained switching with zero actual information.
If I hadn't been tempted myself, I might scoff at this situation and laugh at the people who fell for it, but given I was almost in their shoes I feel bad for the people he effectively swindled. He gave his word in those ads, and people trusted him. He's a complete POS in my book. I'll never see him the same, and now I'm even MORE skeptical of celebrities especially actors.
I get that thought process, and you should always assume the worst about actors and influencers tbh, but Ryan only owned 25% shares. It wasn't his to sell or not sell. Also, I doubt he could publically come out and say, "I didn't want to," as I can't imagine that wouldn't breach some kind of "don't tank us after we buy you" clause.
@Abbey Esparza I'm sure there are plenty of ways his actions can be justified to some extent, but his ads made it seem like HE owned the company. It just feels slimey.
That said, it's a good example of why you should always do your research.
He sold the aviation gin too. All the power to him! Guy has to be getting close to billionaire status
Fuck yeah. Anyone slamming him for this decision is just tall poppy jealous.
@@kopkiwi08Or possibly just enjoyed their cheap phone plan. T-Mobile will 100% raise prices on customers soon.
Linus you see what you got……Dont mess with Deadpool. He got them Hackers…
300 million for an ambassador position, what??
300 million for his shares of the company
Ryan will be just fine lmao
Hard R = Ryan Reynolds
Oooh shiiiat! This comment aged just like fine wine today.
im a t-mobile user and former employee. i will always use a large carrier cause i like speed and priority. prepaid carriers will always see a reduction in speed, prioritization, phone options, and connected device options.
When vacuuming up as many customers as possible you need options for every economic level. Like rental car companies, most expensive main line brands have several cheaper options to squeeze that last dollar.
I've been a Mint Mobile customer and have loved it, my main concern with this change is more that T-Mobile is likely to change Mint Mobile for the worse.
I'll also be disappointed if I stop getting voice mails from Ryan.
I think Linus thinks tech is kinda neat, and I think Ryan thinks marketing is kinda neat. It might just be that deep, and Ryan doesn't form the same type of connections with his co-workers as Linus does
Love how the add after the video was Mint Mobile.
thing abt deals like this, i hope that tmobile doesnt step in further but sometimes the benefit from having a big backer but still being a seperate entitiy is still largely a good thing. think car brands, theyre owned by larger brands we not agree with but the seperate brands themselves have their own decisions and are simply just rights rise, owned
ATT has pretty much let cricket run its own thing. I wouldn’t be surprised if T-Mobile let mint do it’s own low end thing.
This just reminds me of when john krasinski and his wife made a podcast about good news during the pandemic to make people happy and then they sold it to abc or whoever like a week later and it was completely dead the next week
Linus turned into Darth Helmet for a minute
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.
He didn't say anything about it being a "better experience", he promoted it like all MVNOs which is that it is the same only cheaper. So as long as T-Mobile keeps the price points for their customers, his promises still hold up.
The feud we’ve all been waiting for
FIFTY DOLLARS A MONTH???? THATS CONSIDERED CHEAP???? I pay £10 a month here in the uk and thats pretty normal. For £45 you are getting the best of the best: unlimited data, actual human support etc...
Gin - clear, made from things like juniper and spruce. Great with citrus
Whiskey - dark, made from grains like corn, rye and wheat. Great with everything
Selling off your interest can also just be a way of moving on to different projects that you find more interesting.
Maybe after reflection he didn't want to be involved with a hooch company, and maybe Mint was taking up too much time and he felt the goals had been achieved - I guess we'll find out when we see what he does with the loot.
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.
Dude Linus' snap at 0:26 sounded so much like the official Nintendo Switch snap effect that I had to double take if he used a soundboard or not
I mean it makes the most sense for T Mobile to buy it (compared to other carriers). Since their comeback 2010's. They advertised as the 'uncarrier'.