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Real question: does the fact that you can disable it ameliorate the situation at all? They are not forcing their customers out of freedom. I always assumed ther
by duaneb 11y ago
Real question: does the fact that you can disable it ameliorate the situation at all? They are not forcing their customers out of freedom. I always assumed there would be customized services that sacrificed freedom for cost—so long as it is not the only feasible option, I don't see a problem here.
- pavanky 11y agoNet Neutrality was never about just the customers / consumers. The argument has been made fairly frequently saying Net Neutrality is good for consumers (and it is, in the long run), but it is much more than that. It also allows small companies to compete freely instead of favoring large incumbent companies. Imagine a world in which Hulu came out first and was zero rated but Netflix was just trying to gain customers. Which service do you think the consumers would be using ? This is exactly what is happening now, except Netflix, spotify and other services are the large incumbents. Anything new is being penalized because they don't have the customers or voice.
- duaneb 11y ago> Anything new is being penalized because they don't have the customers or voice. This is only on the burst option, though. This is just as much in the consumer's hands as it is the business's. This is precisely why I disabled it—I don't want to have to consider a brand's political standing with T-Mobile to figure out what kind of service I get.
- rhino369 11y agoI think they'd have a decent argument that it's just a user controlled QOS feature, except it discriminates against certain services and applications by zero rating data. If binge on just zero rated any compliant data streams with user acceptance they might have a decent argument they are compliant with net neutrality. But since I can't set up my Plex server to comply, it's a violation.