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X Reverses Slowed Access to News Outlets, but Rival Sites Still Affected
- ColinWright 3y agoI used the WayBack machine to bypass the paywall: https://web.archive.org/web/20230815221704/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/15/technology/x-delay-throttle.html https://web.archive.org/web/20230815221704/https://www.nytim... Other options are available.
- ggm 3y agoIn days gone past this would be seen as anticompetitive behaviour. Like shunting rival train companies onto your slower tracks for shared right of passage, or loading their boats last for perishable goods. It's pretty hard to call X "the commons" when it's owner can be this capricious. It's just another private managed space. No free speech issues but he's now asserting editorial control so has liabilities in my book.
- rapnie 3y agoAnd still lazy journalists include Xeets in their articles lending authority to this enshittified platform.