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How exactly was the free internet program disingenuous?
by ryanmerket 9y ago
How exactly was the free internet program disingenuous?
- tgragnato 9y 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 9y 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 9y 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 9y agoApples and oranges comparison.
- placeybordeaux 9y 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 9y agoIMO there is a significant (i.e. orders of magnitude) difference between these two examples.