>>> you pay around $8 a month to specifically get more “Social” data, so you can use your regular allotment for everything else > The problem with this is that

>>> you pay around $8 a month to specifically get more “Social” data, so you can use your regular allotment for everything else > The problem with this is that this creates an incentive for the operator to lower the regular allotment so they can sell more of these packages. The quote is from the linked article explaining the situation. I think 0-rating is a terrible idea for the reasons you said, among others.