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Some citizens will argue that net neutrality will kill internet services that's subsidized by advertising. For example free access to Facebook. Or the social ne
by nroets 7y ago
Some citizens will argue that net neutrality will kill internet services that's subsidized by advertising. For example free access to Facebook. Or the social network bundles in South Africa[1][2]
Furthermore, I've met poor, conservative Americans who hate any form of government regulation. Even if it's patently obvious that they will personally benefit from some proposed regulation, they believe it will be bad for in the long run for their country. Their comments are not fake.
1: https://www.mtn.co.za/Pages/MTN-Social-Bundles.aspx https://www.mtn.co.za/Pages/MTN-Social-Bundles.aspx
2: https://www.cellc.co.za/cellc/get-whatsappbundles https://www.cellc.co.za/cellc/get-whatsappbundles
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- kaibee 7y ago> Some citizens will argue that net neutrality will kill internet services that's subsidized by advertising. For example free access to Facebook. But NN has absolutely nothing to do with that.
- michaelt 7y agonroets refers to schemes like "Facebook Free Basics" [1] where mobile users in developing countries would get universal, free basic internet service. This meant they could access Wikipedia, Facebook and Bing [2] but couldn't access EdX or Khan Academy or Google. Although perhaps well-meaning, the scheme was widely opposed by net neutrality advocates [3]. [1] https://www.theverge.com/2016/2/8/10939594/mark-zuckerberg-internet-org-india-court-defeat-zero-rating https://www.theverge.com/2016/2/8/10939594/mark-zuckerberg-i... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet.org#Available_websites https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet.org#Available_website... [3] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/08/india-facebook-free-basics-net-neutrality-row https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/08/india-fac...
- willis936 7y agoYes. A whole 0.3% of the non bot submissions said that. There are two legitimate sides to this, it’s just that the overwhelming majority of the public is in favor of one. Representative democracy failed here.