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I generally just don't see the point is making certain business models illegal when there wasn't anyhing that bad going on before the net neutrality laws were p
by rhino369 10y ago
I generally just don't see the point is making certain business models illegal when there wasn't anyhing that bad going on before the net neutrality laws were passed.
Tmobile is certainly violating net neutrality with it's binge on and free music streaming features. But it's generally good for the consumer.
All the arguments for net nuetrality sounds like slippery slope fallacies to me. "They'll block everything except their own AOL like service!" No, they very probably won't.
I'd rather have a wait and see approach. If the ISPs become abuse, then we should apply net neutrality.
But I see no reason why we shouldn't then apply "OS neutrality" to apple and google. Or search neutrality to google and bing. Or social networking neutrality to facebook and snap.
Facebook and google actually do the sort of stuff people are upset that ISPs might do.
- pseudalopex 10y agoComcast effectively blocked BitTorrent and exempted its own video service from data caps. T-Mobile throttled video that didn't participate in BingeOn. AT&T blocked FaceTime. How to regulate operating systems, search engines, or social networks, if at all, are entirely separate questions. Most American households have only one option for high-speed Internet service; nobody has to move to a different city to use a different search engine.