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The problem with this article is that it implies that the only use for high use of data transfer is to binge watch or consume various forms of media. Data caps
by superkuh 7y ago
The problem with this article is that it implies that the only use for high use of data transfer is to binge watch or consume various forms of media. Data caps don't kill that and never will.
What data caps kill are peer to peer services, self hosting, and anything where people actually participate in the internet rather than acting as consumers only. It's part of the ongoing push to make the internet into another television where people all use the same centralized services and never interact with each other directly.
Phone usage has made this even worse since smartphone network connectivity is not real internet connectivity. There people have learned to accept data caps (which make sense given the limited actual frequency bandwidth available for radio in free space). But also they've learned to accept the inability to host servers, use ports, or do anything other than HTTP/S. The ISPs have seen this and are now copying the violations that wireless telcos have brought in.
- nullc 7y ago> data caps (which make sense given the limited actual frequency bandwidth available for radio in free space) Time -- or better, demand-- based rates would make a lot more sense than caps for that purpose. If you note most cellular data caps ignore the providers own services or various partners (like youtube). I'm not saying that the cellular rate structure has nothing to do with the limitations of the last mile physical medium, but it would be an error to assume it has too much to do with it either.
- papln 7y agoWhy host a server at a home, with the security catastrophe that invites ot your local network, instead of running your peer node on a rented machine in a cloud or a colo, that you SSH into from your client?
- olyjohn 7y agoTo learn how to deal with the security catastrophe that is hosting your own stuff. Just putting your things on other people's servers doesn't necessarily make it secure.
- superkuh 7y agoUsing a web browser with javascript enabled for all domains is magnitudes greater danger than running a static webserver.
- jxcl 7y agoWell, because I consume most of my media at home, so I’d much rather store it there instead of having to stream it from the internet. But I also like listening to my music when I’m out of the house, so I need a way to connect to my home when I’m on a different network.