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I've seen very little evidence to show that he's improved since then. The ‘free internet’ stunt he tried playing in India recently was disingenuous and machiave
by oska 10y ago
I've seen very little evidence to show that he's improved since then. The ‘free internet’ stunt he tried playing in India recently was disingenuous and machiavellian. Then there's this story. I rarely say this about any public figure apart from politicians but I loathe the guy (and his company).
- ryanmerket 10y agoHow exactly was the free internet program disingenuous?
- tgragnato 10y ago> https://www.wired.com/2015/05/backlash-facebooks-free-internet-service-grows/ https://www.wired.com/2015/05/backlash-facebooks-free-intern... "I'll do good, trust me."
- placeybordeaux 10y agoIt was free access to a limited subset of services, it would be a great way to lock in facebook use as it'd be the only social network that would be available. Calling it free internet is disingenuous because it wasn't access to the internet, but rather access to a couple websites.
- kevin_thibedeau 10y agoFirst world ISPs provide limited access to the internet too by not allowing servers, use of "uncommon" ports, or issuing static IPV6 addresses to residential users.
- loceng 10y agoApples and oranges comparison.
- placeybordeaux 10y agoI'd argue that's not to funnel use into a product that maintains market share through the network effect. That's the thing that made the free basics program so pernicious. What you are describe is just providing a poor service, rather than a service that is specifically tailored to stamp out competition.
- reitanqild 10y agoIMO there is a significant (i.e. orders of magnitude) difference between these two examples.