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> Larger picture is that this is just running some software and now a provider is telling you what you can and cannot run on there. This has been the case for
by dewey 4y ago
> Larger picture is that this is just running some software and now a provider is telling you what you can and cannot run on there.
This has been the case for decades. It used to be "no public IRC, no torrents" or "no adult content". Now it just shifted to crypto. Providers always had terms of service defining which applications are acceptable and which aren't.
- latchkey 4y agoRight... it has been done forever, so that makes it correct.
- thrill 4y agoIt's their servers - that's what makes it correct.
- beambot 4y agoYou could make similar arguments against net neutrality... Do you think net neutrality is "incorrect" too?
- 8note 4y agoThey are dissimilar. Net neutrality is more like roads than destinations. It's important to maintain the neutrality so that people don't run hundreds of superfluous cables through the same areas,