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Except Netflix doesn't care about net neutrality anymore - Reed Hastings claims they are now big and popular enough for it not to matter for them: https://www.

• ajross 9y ago
  The point was to reply to a contention that "popular services will not be affected" with a counter example. Popular services certainly could have been squeezed by ISP, and in fact they were in the past, very notably. So sure: Netflix maybe might not due to size and popularity. The next great thing will be, for sure.
• dragonwriter 9y ago
  > Except Netflix doesn't care about net neutrality anymore Yes, they do: https://twitter.com/netflix/status/933042368156123136 https://twitter.com/netflix/status/933042368156123136
  • jhasse 9y ago
    That's just a tweet. On the other hand they partnered with Telekom (most popular ISP in Germany) for a service called "StreamOn". With that you can stream Netflix (and other partnered streaming sites) without affecting your monthly data cap.
    • dragonwriter 9y ago
      So? Desires about what the legal context should be and business was strategy given what the legal context is are separate issues.
      • jhasse 9y ago
        German government regulation agency (Bundesnetzargentur) and the EU have their doubts that StreamOn is legal even in the current context. So by participating they are setting a statement. It's like a vegetarian eating meat from factory farming every day.
• chrischen 9y ago
  Or he's subtly pointing out that Netflix wouldn't have been started if it wasn't for net neutrality. > It's an issue that would have been more important to "the Netflix of 10 years ago," he said.