Well, I hope the governments of several European countries have something to say if Apple tries to pull the same crap they forcing down the throat of their fans with att.
Hopefully, whoever they go with they will be forced to sell them without contract as well and I am pretty sure they will not be able to lock it to one network after the contract period is up. Where I live the maximum contract length is 6 months so everyone should be able to unlock their phones after that period is over and put in their own sims from competing providers, as it should be.