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This is dangerous. The first reaction to such an endeavor is that it is GOOD. Not just good, but GOOD :-) But also, this is almost the textbook definition of "
by nakedrobot2 13y ago
This is dangerous. The first reaction to such an endeavor is that it is GOOD. Not just good, but GOOD :-)
But also, this is almost the textbook definition of "the thin end of the wedge". I didn't really start thinking about this until I started reading the comments here on HN (awesome!)
So wikipedia should be free. What else should be free? Who should pay? Someone needs to pay. Who should? Let's start grouping content on one side or another.
This is a very, very bad idea.
The answer, of course, is that it should all be free. Internet access should be a basic human right. It should be, it will be, it is only a matter of time.
But until it is, an endeavor like this is subverting net neutrality, disguised as something good, and that is just a terrible idea.
- chalst 13y agoI don't like the idea of privileging Wikipedia in this way. That said, the question Who should pay? Someone needs to pay. Who should? seems to miss the point of the proposal: the mobile operators freely choose to subsidise this service, perhaps in the hope that it encourages a group who largely don't browse the web using their mobiles to do so.