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Except smoking is harmful even if only done for a short period of time, while he alleged harm in these services only happens if they're around for a while.
by ikeboy 11y ago
Except smoking is harmful even if only done for a short period of time, while he alleged harm in these services only happens if they're around for a while.
- marcosdumay 11y agoYes, looks like you don't get the point. The exact opposite is true, this is harmful from the time it get implanted, and the harm only grows with time. Also, just like smoking, once the harm is big enough, there's no easy coming back.
- ikeboy 11y agoWhy is it harmful right away? Right away, you have people getting online who otherwise would not be online at all. The harm is only later, if they end up not getting fully online because they're satisfied. If that happens, and the benefits of internet.org no longer exceed the costs, then would be the time to ban it. How is allowing internet.org now and stopping to allow it if and when it starts causing people to have less internet than they would otherwise (assuming that extra choice is bad here, which I do not concede) a bad thing?
- mannykannot 11y ago>...then would be the time to ban it. Right. Once the downsides of smoking were realized, it was quickly brought to an end.
- Dylan16807 11y agoSmoking makes you feel good right away, and in the long term in screws up cell development. The argument is that internet.org gets people some access right away, and in the long term screws up infrastructure development. The negative effects are being caused from day one. You can't just cut the program after five years to keep all the good and prevent the bad.