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As a European: he’s right. You’ll love zero-rating. I do. :-)
by bthrm 8y ago
As a European: he’s right. You’ll love zero-rating. I do. :-)
- seba_dos1 8y agoAs an European, I don't. How any sensible alternative to Facebook is supposed to out-compete it if Facebook is commonly zero-rated on mobile?
- Someone1234 8y agoYou love this[0]? Ick. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-rating#/media/File:Screenshot-2017-10-28_MEO_-_Televisão,_Internet,_Telefone_e_Telemóvel.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-rating#/media/File:Screen...
- bthrm 8y agoYes, paying extra to get unlimited traffic to certain services is good. It’s good there’s choice.
- Someone1234 8y agoYou, as the consumer, aren't making the choice. The ISP is picking which companies get the privileged position. It is in effect king-making certain services.
- bthrm 8y agoNo because European law does not allow them to do that. If you zero rate YouTube you have to zero rate all video streaming sites, for example.
- Someone1234 8y agoSo in effect you're arguing it works due to Net Neutrality?
- bkor 8y agoAs a European: T-Mobile is charging companies for their music zero rating. If you love paying twice for things it might be a good thing. Zero rating is crap.
- bajsejohannes 8y agoYou're being deceived. The price you pay is either baked into your monthly bill or comes in the less tangible form of reduced competition for those zero-rated services (i.e. startups have a much harder time entering the stage).