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What does “Hotel Califonia” mean?

Hi,

I am a beginner in English. Can someone kindly tell me what do below words mean?

Thanks.

Lawmaker described iphone as a “Hotel California” service.

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teresathegreat

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“Hotel California” is a classic song by the Eagles.

In the song, the hotel represents an addiction that once you enter it, you can’t leave it.

“You can check out any time you like, but you can NEVER leave.”

The lawmaker probably means that once you buy the iPhone, your are addicted, and the contract is set up in such a way that makes it difficult for you to end service.

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cricket
Hotel California is an old song by the rock group the Eagles about a brothel. I’m not sure what the lawmaker would have meant by describing an iphone as a Hotel California service.
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hihoukus
Maybe he meant that once you join the iPhone you will never be able to get rid of it again?

Parts of the Eagles’ song Hotel California go like this:

“You can check out any time you like, but you can NEVER leave”

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Anonymous
“You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave — you’re stuck with your iPhone and you can’t take it anywhere,”

Markey described the phone as a “‘Hotel California’ service. You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave — you’re stuck with your iPhone and you can’t take it anywhere.”

The issue arose at a hearing on whether Congress should grant the cell phone industry’s wish and preempt states from regulating wireless phone companies. State public utility commissions have no authority over pricing on wireless plans, but do have the authority to regulate the terms and conditions of wireless service agreements.

The wireless industry opposes what Verizon Wireless general counsel Steven Zipperstein called “patchwork, utility-style regulation” as “unnecessary and harmful.”

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5 years ago
ofelia
Yes, like every other bimbo that has answered this question, I answer that it is about drugs. Sheesh, I thought everyone knew that! I’ve known that since I was, like, 12. No offense to anyone. xD Just so you know. Whoo. The Eagles. <333 "Mr. Robot-o."
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mapitar
It is an Eagles song. Kind of a Rock n’ Roll Anthem and it refers to an experience in hell.
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Tina
It’s a song.
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