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> Facebook’s rocky experience since it brought Internet.org to India in February shows that good intentions and technological savvy are not enough to achieve a
by pen2l 11y ago
> Facebook’s rocky experience since it brought Internet.org to India in February shows that good intentions and technological savvy are not enough to achieve a noble goal like universal Internet access.
Why the assumption that Facebook has good intentions? This is a predatorial move to lock customers into Facebook's ecosystem. And FB is not promising 'universal' Internet access.
- addicted44 11y agoAgreed. They named it Internet.org but the service is diametrically opposed to the basic principles that make up the Internet as we know it. A far more appropriate name would have been AOL.org. But that wouldn't have been as good PR and the NYTimss would not be writing about their good intentions if the name of the service was more descriptive of what it actually did.
- x5n1 11y agoAs a staring step force them to rename the service to facebook.org
- tim333 11y agoThey seem to be going that way: "'Free Basics by Facebook' replaces Internet.org website and app" http://www.engadget.com/2015/09/24/free-basics-by-facebook/ http://www.engadget.com/2015/09/24/free-basics-by-facebook/
- hellbanner 11y agoThe same could be said for Apple, who produces cell-phones which many people wish to have so they can communicate through the Cell Network. Those who buy into this as opposed to building their own mesh network are "locked in" to the Apple ecosystem.
- objclxt 11y agoMany devices from many manufacturers communicate through the same network. I don't think your analogy holds: > Those who buy into this as opposed to building their own mesh network are "locked in" to the Apple ecosystem ...or they just buy another phone from another vendor. No mesh network involved.