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They are misinformed, the ISPs spent a lot of effort trying to confuse people. They confuse people implying that government tries to start controlling Internet
by takeda 7y ago
They are misinformed, the ISPs spent a lot of effort trying to confuse people. They confuse people implying that government tries to start controlling Internet now and it didn't do that before, when the reverse is true.
Is like trying to convince people that first amendment should be abolished, because it is enforced by the government and they should not control what we can say or not. It is flipping the whole thing upside down, and many confused people are supporting it, when they really want the opposite.
- root_axis 7y agoI don't agree that they are confused, at least not most of them. Rather, those views comport with their existing perspectives on government regulation of the private sector. Even in this very forum it is not uncommon to see people seriously argue that regulations are fundamentally bad for consumers, including net neutrality. I disagree with this perspective, but I don't think it's accurate to say they are confused about their position. The most common argument I hear against net neutrality is that it's unnecessary government overreach and that ISPs would never try to dictate network traffic in a draconian fashion because it would be bad for business. I won't list all the problems with this reasoning since I'd be preaching to the choir, but this is a belief that a lot of people have.