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It is not bad per se, but it is not what the internet is. The moment they start charging based on content is the moment that it becomes something different. Ri
by redial 9y ago
It is not bad per se, but it is not what the internet is. The moment they start charging based on content is the moment that it becomes something different.
Right now is like a public road, with free and equal access for every body, and thus, an economy can be built around it. If you change it to the store model, it morphs from an economy to a business, and businesses are not capable of supporting an entire economy built on top, so it won't.
- drdaeman 9y agoAhem. I think public roads sometimes have, e.g., limits for heavy vehicles or various dedicated lanes. ;) My actual point is, analogies just don't work.
- redial 9y agoRoads have the limits of the infrastructure and the law, not "limits" determined by the current operator of the road (that can be bypassed with payments, and thus not limits in the same sense). The grocery store analogy doesn't work. The road or electric grid analogies are perfectly apt.
- weberc2 9y agoThe "because I say so" argument isn't very compelling. I probably agree with your conclusion, but the argument is lazy.