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Some ISPs have started zero rating certain services. You might think the effect of this is good to you as an Internet user, but this is the beginning of tying
by tenebrisalietum 6y ago
Some ISPs have started zero rating certain services.
You might think the effect of this is good to you as an Internet user, but this is the beginning of tying services to ISPs which is the "trojan horse" that is the start of undermining the freedom of service choice a neutral Internet can give you.
- dominotw 6y ago> this is the beginning Speculation is good but I was of looking of concrete examples of effects on an average end user. My not so tech savvy family asked me but I couldn't come up with anything so trying give them good answer next time.
- tenebrisalietum 6y agoAnd this is why we have things like advertising polluting everything, social media bubbles making everything less social, ISPs that can legally sniff your traffic for advertising, hypercentralized services that can cut you off from services at the drop of a hat, etc. because "this is the beginning" isn't concrete enough.
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