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It does. Imagine if Netflix bandwidth were prioritized over an upcoming new company called Disney+. Netflix would cost $18/month and you still would have no cho

• rhacker 4y ago
  I think it ended up turning out that after everyone watched everything on Netflix, and the price was double what it used to be, everyone cancelled their subs. So it didn't really even matter if Netflix installs servers at Comcast and Charter because D+ will still get its customers.
• graphe 4y ago
  That only matters for video. If it's low bandwidth it doesn't matter. South Koreans don't even have loading online, and they are a very censored society. It's a non issue.
• throwawaylinux 4y ago
  It does what? I asked if it has caused actual problems, not imaginary ones. I'm aware of some of the hypotheticals. Just curious about yours though, what's happening there? Netflix paid ISPs to prioritize their traffic over other video traffic, rendering Disney+ unusable? What would prevent Disney+ paying the ISPs as well if they wanted to be a competitive video streaming service? That seems like it would allow choice. It might also capture some of the externalities that high bandwidth users impose on non-video users by having the ISP get some more money from them.