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There is no "winning" the war as long as there is disagreement - of which there always will be. That's why the price of freedom is eternal vigilance. To overtu

There is no "winning" the war as long as there is disagreement - of which there always will be. That's why the price of freedom is eternal vigilance. To overturn this law, or to make consumer protection laws force neutrality you only have to win "once" where the other side has to keep defending. The net result is that both sides are always constantly fighting for what they want and one side wins sometimes, and the other side wins other times.

Zikes 10y ago
When's the last time consumer protection on the internet "won" though? My browsing history is about to go up for sale. My emails are fair game for the US government with no warrant. My ISP is free to double-charge for peering, driving my Netflix subscription costs up. My mobile operator is streaming certain services without it counting against my data, while services I want to use still do. I have to pay ridiculous amounts of money to my ISP for a decent connection, despite the government giving telecoms huge subsidies (our own tax dollars) in exchange for building nationwide fiber, most of which went straight to the company's own coffers with no repercussions.[1] If there was at least some back-and-forth, I would see your point, but as it stands I only see one failure after another. [1] http://newnetworks.com/ShortSCANDALSummary.htm http://newnetworks.com/ShortSCANDALSummary.htm