However it was not a shift that Google had to take. Wasn't the whole point that FCC was gathering information to make up its mind? Who knows what would have bee

However it was not a shift that Google had to take. Wasn't the whole point that FCC was gathering information to make up its mind? Who knows what would have been the _acceptable_ compromise for the FCC. Maybe if Google had kept the fight, the FCC would have agreed to most of its points. As it is, it will be hard for anyone now to argue against this: they'll just be told "Look, even Google that was the most pro Net neutrality company things this is a good compromise, so shut up". That's why people feel that Google has sold the netizens out (which personally I think it's a bit extreme: they are a company after all), and why it will be hard for the final law to be much different than what these two companies cooked up. So much for democracy.