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I'd bet this is a move to make the ISPs that are throttling them look bad. If people start to use it to check their speeds and they are downloading Netflix con
by zodPod 10y ago
I'd bet this is a move to make the ISPs that are throttling them look bad. If people start to use it to check their speeds and they are downloading Netflix content from Netflix and the ISP is throttling, it will look slower than it is and more people will likely complain.
I like it. It's suitably evil!
- Arcsech 10y agoWhy is it evil? And if the ISP is throttling Netflix, it doesn't "look slower than it is", it just accurately reports the throttled speed. I mean sure, it's definitely to make ISPs look bad... if they're throttling Netflix connections or otherwise providing slower than advertised speeds. Which doesn't sound terribly evil to me.
- legohead 10y agoIs it evil if it's illegal? [1] [1] https://consumercomplaints.fcc.gov/hc/en-us/articles/204231404-Open-Internet https://consumercomplaints.fcc.gov/hc/en-us/articles/2042314...
- Vraxx 10y agoOP looks like he's calling Netflix's actions evil, and the post you're replying to is questioning that. I think everybody in this comment chain agrees that throttling based on domain is illegal and immoral for the ISP to do.
- Arcsech 10y agoYes, I was saying that making ISPs look bad, under those circumstances, doesn't seem evil. I can see how what I wrote could be misinterpreted though.
- zodPod 10y agoFor the record, I meant evil in a fun way. Like a cartoon villain. Suitably meaning that it was a good equal response to what they've been dealing with.
- zodPod 10y agoThat was what I meant. It isn't really evil. "Suitably evil", in my mind, implies that they are responding with a suitable amount of evil to what they've been faced with.