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> Carriers have a say whether or not they can block things on the Google Play app store. Why do you believe this is okay?
by npsimons 9y ago
> Carriers have a say whether or not they can block things on the Google Play app store.
Why do you believe this is okay?
- exabrial 9y agoQuote me where I said it was okay. I was stating a well-known fact, it stemmed from a time Google was trying to convince carriers to sell Android phones. It has little to do with net neutrality and I think it conflates the issue to something it isn't
- npsimons 9y agoOkay, so you don't agree with it. And it may not be a facet of net neutrality, but it certainly is analogous. I've paid for a general purpose computing device, and I've paid for a connection to the Internet. Why should anyone besides me choose what I can run on that device? Blocking apps because they compete with services a provider sells translates pretty clearly across to blocking websites because they compete with services a provider sells.