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I know, it's a travesty that we allow Iraqis to access Wikipedia for free. We are literally ending wiki competition. Simply awful. Iraqis must demand net neutra
by seibelj 10y ago
I know, it's a travesty that we allow Iraqis to access Wikipedia for free. We are literally ending wiki competition. Simply awful. Iraqis must demand net neutrality and stop accessing Wikipedia for free!
- sa1 10y agoLaws and regulations won't be made per site. Net neutrality regulation would be effective only if you don't leave in backdoors via exceptions. Also, Wikipedia, being text-heavy and without obtrusive ads, is not something for which zero-rating provides much relief.
- smsm42 10y agoThat sounds dangerously like "we have this shiny new law that sounds good in theory so we're going to ignore that it hurts actual people in practice, because the theory sounds nice". I think if the law doesn't work "per site", it should be rethought until it does.
- sa1 10y agoIt has prevented zero-rating of video and social media services in practice.