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You're being downvoted for making people read the words "Fox news" but you're absolutely right about this. I would state it another way though. Fox news is hu
by uncletammy 9y ago
You're being downvoted for making people read the words "Fox news" but you're absolutely right about this.
I would state it another way though. Fox news is hugely profitable because it provides information to people that validates, reinforces, and legitimizes their particular social and political beliefs. It thickens the walls of their bubble. Fox news led the way with this and every other network quickly followed suit.
- s73ver 9y agoNo, they really are not. "Economic incentives" only come into play when there are choices. Most people do not have any kind of choice in their ISP, thus the "Economic incentives" argument carries no water.
- splintercell 9y agoCurrently there isn't a strong enough economic incentive. You may think that your service sucks, but that does not create an enough economic incentive. This does not counter the argument that if tomorrow an ISP not delivering the content you desire, then there wouldn't be a rise of a newer service/solutions (they don't really have to be a new ISP btw) which allow consumers to access the suppressed viewpoint.
- s73ver 9y agoWhich will then be shut down by the ISP, as the new site won't have enough money to pay the toll. I'm sorry, but this argument that "everything will work out for the better" isn't convincing me.