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I guess NYTimes op-eds are allowed to praise corporations over government now that the Obama administration is out. Hard to imagine this one slipping through a

I guess NYTimes op-eds are allowed to praise corporations over government now that the Obama administration is out. Hard to imagine this one slipping through a year ago.

bogomipz 9y ago
Is it so unimaginable though when the government has a President that has vowed to bring back coal and an FCC chairman that says net neutrality is holding back innovation?
- fiatjaf 9y ago
  Net neutrality is a measure lobbied by Netflix. I'm not sure why you think it is a good thing.
  - bogomipz 9y ago
    Net Neutrality predates Netflix as a streaming provider so no that's not correct: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_neutrality_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_neutrality_in_the_United_S... Here are some reasons why someone might espouse it: https://hbr.org/2010/08/why-network-neutrality-is-good https://hbr.org/2010/08/why-network-neutrality-is-good and more specific to the current FCC Chairman: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/04/fcc-wants-eliminate-net-neutrality-protections-we-cant-let-happen https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/04/fcc-wants-eliminate-ne...
  - woodruffw 9y ago
    In its current form, net neutrality has been on the political menu since 2004 in the US. It's possible to argue that it's been around in some form or another since the 1920s, and certainly since the late 1980s. Netflix didn't begin their streaming service until 2006 or 2007, if my memory is correct. They might lobby for it now (of course they do, it's in their best interest), but they have nothing to do with the original idea or policy. I happen to think that net neutrality makes for pretty good policy, but I'm open to arguments that suggest otherwise. "Netflix supports it, and therefore it's bad" is not one of those arguments.
    - bogomipz 9y ago
      Indeed, Netflix announced streaming in 2007: Source: http://blog.streamingmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/2013SMEast-C101.pdf http://blog.streamingmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/20...
paganel 9y ago
The Wired article from a couple of days ago about the new Apple HQ read like a hagiography for Steve Jobs, at the beginning of the article he almost had a messianic figure, which is strange because the guy has been dead for 5+ years now. I guess the world needs its idols, be it capitalism, successful businessmen, sports athletes and the like.

I guess NYTimes op-eds are allowed to praise corporations over government now that the Obama administration is out. Hard to imagine this one slipping through a year ago.

bogomipz 9y ago

Is it so unimaginable though when the government has a President that has vowed to bring back coal and an FCC chairman that says net neutrality is holding back innovation?

fiatjaf 9y ago
Net neutrality is a measure lobbied by Netflix. I'm not sure why you think it is a good thing.
- bogomipz 9y ago
  Net Neutrality predates Netflix as a streaming provider so no that's not correct: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_neutrality_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_neutrality_in_the_United_S... Here are some reasons why someone might espouse it: https://hbr.org/2010/08/why-network-neutrality-is-good https://hbr.org/2010/08/why-network-neutrality-is-good and more specific to the current FCC Chairman: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/04/fcc-wants-eliminate-net-neutrality-protections-we-cant-let-happen https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/04/fcc-wants-eliminate-ne...
- woodruffw 9y ago
  In its current form, net neutrality has been on the political menu since 2004 in the US. It's possible to argue that it's been around in some form or another since the 1920s, and certainly since the late 1980s. Netflix didn't begin their streaming service until 2006 or 2007, if my memory is correct. They might lobby for it now (of course they do, it's in their best interest), but they have nothing to do with the original idea or policy. I happen to think that net neutrality makes for pretty good policy, but I'm open to arguments that suggest otherwise. "Netflix supports it, and therefore it's bad" is not one of those arguments.
  - bogomipz 9y ago
    Indeed, Netflix announced streaming in 2007: Source: http://blog.streamingmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/2013SMEast-C101.pdf http://blog.streamingmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/20...

paganel 9y ago

The Wired article from a couple of days ago about the new Apple HQ read like a hagiography for Steve Jobs, at the beginning of the article he almost had a messianic figure, which is strange because the guy has been dead for 5+ years now. I guess the world needs its idols, be it capitalism, successful businessmen, sports athletes and the like.