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Remember the tmobile un-contract? This is literally from their press release in 2017: "T-Mobile ONE customers keep their price until THEY decide to change it. T-Mobile will never change the price you pay for your T-Mobile ONE plan. When you sign up for T-Mobile ONE, only YOU have the power to change the price you pay." https://www.t-mobile.com/news/press/un-carrier-next
Remember how they promised the FTC they wouldn't raise prices if they could pretty please merge with sprint to become the biggest telecom network in the country? https://www.yahoo.com/news/t-mobile-promises-sprint-merger-195428217.html
Doesn't that open them up for a lawsuit then? Either breach of contract if it's in their legalese, or at least false advertising.
Disclaimer: IANAL
Contracts in perpetuity don't hold up, especially since this isn't even a contract. They always expire at some point, unless renewed.
A claim of false advertising could hold up, but again that's a promise not held in a contract.
Finally, it looks like that marketing campaign was over 7 years ago. No court would ever hold them to business plans from that long ago. They have to provide adequate notice for any changes (often 30 days), but they can certainly discontinue a program.