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Reminds me of those absurd “selling web sites & apps like cable channels” graphics from the Net Neutrality wars. This one apparently originated at Reddit, natc
by twoodfin 8mo ago
Reminds me of those absurd “selling web sites & apps like cable channels” graphics from the Net Neutrality wars.
This one apparently originated at Reddit, natch:
https://cordcutting.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/quink.png https://cordcutting.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/quink.png
- Forgeties79 8mo agoI don’t think it was all that absurd. IIRC Portugal was already flirting with a system like that at the time. ISP’s wanted websites to pay them a fee in order to be accessible or at least not throttled, while also wanting customers to pay a fee to access sites/access them without being throttled. At least that’s how I remember it, it has been quite some time since I really went down that rabbit hole.
- oblio 8mo agoIndian ISP had Meta paying them to have their apps included in the unmetered list... Far from absurd, reality.
- Forgeties79 8mo agoDidn’t even know about that, great example