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> > Want to roll back privacy and net neutrality > They want a market based solution to privacy and net neutrality See, this is annoying. Because of telecom
by jasonjayr 10y ago
> > Want to roll back privacy and net neutrality
> They want a market based solution to privacy and net neutrality
See, this is annoying. Because of telecom regulation, there is no 'market' so to speak. Lets roll back the regulations and allow some actual, legit last-mile competition, and then this might make sense.
As it stands now, in most markets, there is no choice of a high-speed ISP that isn't drooling over the collection of internet usage data.
- Consultant32452 10y agoI think people on HN over-estimate the consumer demand for privacy. One need only look at how many people use Facebook or other social networks to know this really just isn't important to them. So the market for people who care enough about usage data collection in order to actually speak with their wallets is incredibly small. If the market does demand it, then WIFI routers will start to advertise easy VPN setup with various vendors as a feature. Or maybe some other solution will arise. The market will provide one way or another.