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> Monopoly ISPs with data caps The fact that data caps ever gained traction doesn't reflect well on the old timers ability to explain and protect the true valu
by jancsika 7y ago
> Monopoly ISPs with data caps
The fact that data caps ever gained traction doesn't reflect well on the old timers ability to explain and protect the true value of their creations for the wider public.
Which is weird because they were obviously able to do that with cryptographic algorithms which are way more esoteric.
It's like teaching a generation of craftspeople to build all the intricate parts of a piano but never noticing nor caring that for some reason they're all selling pianos that have a single key.
- yoz-y 7y agoWhat? Data caps had a very good reason to exist. Back in the 3G days if everybody would be online all the time the whole machine would just grind to halt. Nowadays the data caps are (in Europe at least) only a formality.