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Wouldn't the analogy be "no letter carrier may deliver packages from people who pay more faster than packages from people who pay less"?
by mattmcknight 10y ago
Wouldn't the analogy be "no letter carrier may deliver packages from people who pay more faster than packages from people who pay less"?
- wvenable 10y agoThe analogy would be that no letter carrier may charge more (or deliver slower/faster) packages from particular suppliers. The consumer and supplier are both welcome to pay for faster service for all their packages but a particular supplier cannot be singled out just because of who they are or what they sell.
- Terr_ 10y agoDown the path to The Perfect Metaphor lies madness. For example, people on both ends are paying their respective ISPs for traffic in both directions, and ISPs can artificially favor the content of their own sibling-companies without a payment occurring. The important thing here is that such policies are not monopoly-grants, and their net effect is the opposite, to deter monopolies.