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Facebook might be monopolistic in some contexts because that’s what people want to use but the issue with internet.org is that communications networks are lic
by firasd 11y ago
Facebook might be monopolistic in some contexts because that’s what people want to use but the issue with internet.org is that communications networks are licensing public spectrum and then cutting deals for preferential access to certain websites. Regulators and the public have a direct interest in figuring out whether these sorts of schemes are acceptable.
- eggie 11y agoFacebook is what people want to sue because many (maybe most) had no idea that you could hang out with friends online in a big broadcasty way until it came around. Will that be true when they realize they can make their own website or blog with their own style to share with friends and family, download torrents, edit Wikipedia, chat or IRC, or use Twitter and HN? I don't really know, but I hope they would go for the bazar over the cathedral. I don't see why Facebook should get a first shot at hiding the reality of the system from them.