Not surprisingly, I’m less-than-thrilled about this news. It’s starting to feel like everything after the announcement of the iPhone 3G at WWDC has been a string of “Wait, but there’s a catch …” First, AT&T said it’s increasing the price of iPhone’s data plan by $10 a month. Next, MG Siegler noticed the real ripoff: You’ll need to pay extra for text messaging.

Still, those announcements fell under the heading of “annoying but fair.” Basically, they seemed like AT&T’s way to recoup its iPhone subsidy by charging its customers extra rates. This news, however, means that people like me — AT&T customers who haven’t bought an iPhone yet — get the worst of both worlds; we lose out on the discount, and we get to pay the increased rates. It’s like I’ll be subsidizing AT&T’s efforts to bring customers over from other carriers. Um, thanks?

So you’re probably thinking, “If you don’t like it, why are you buying an iPhone?” Good point. In fact, I’m so peeved about this, that I’m going to boycott the iPhone. For a day.