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Which practices that net neutrality forbade do we want? Which are taking place, so that they can be credited with the internet being "better than ever"? And of
by jevoten 5y ago
Which practices that net neutrality forbade do we want? Which are taking place, so that they can be credited with the internet being "better than ever"?
And of course, the effects are subtler than some apocalyptic predictions. An anti-competitive nudge towards services favored by the ISP, distorting the market and encouraging even greater consolidation:
Since June 2014, U.S. mobile provider T-Mobile US has offered zero-rated access to participating music streaming services to its mobile internet customers. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-rating https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-rating
The EFF makes some good arguments, none of which are addressed in the Reason article: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/02/zero-rating-what-it-is-why-you-should-care https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/02/zero-rating-what-it-is...