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I don't get it. It's not that internet.org/facebook prevents anyone from doing something similar. So if you don't like it, make your own free internet.
by fwn 11y ago
I don't get it.
It's not that internet.org/facebook prevents anyone from doing something similar. So if you don't like it, make your own free internet.
- captn3m0 11y agoThis should ideally be stopped by regulation. If not, we still have the right to criticize and protest against it.
- fwn 11y agoThat's clearly not my ideal. I can see how we first-worlders really like net neutrality and everything. I do see that we fear that our web access might get more expensive if access prioritisation is successful somewere else, but: Since we all already do have access to the internet it just appears to me to be endlessly selfish from us to make them wait 10 years to get the full internet for themselves.
- captn3m0 11y agoI live in India, FWIW. My major gripe with internet.org is that its not really "for the poor". The minimum requirement for internet.org is an Android smartphone, which costs atleast 6000 INR (100 USD). If someone has the purchasing power for an Android smarthphone (over say, a dumbphone that would cost 1/6th of that), you definitely have enough to pay for data charges (which are in the range of a 2-3 USD per month at most). I used to browse internet on Opera Mini on a "pay-as-you-go" plan (something like 0.1 INR/40kb I think) and I paid less than 1 USD/month for that. My usage was certainly minimal (HN + GMail + Google News + Facebook) with images turned off. But now that I have the purchasing ability to buy a smartphone, I do have enough to pay for a costlier data plan as well (3-4 USD/month). Paying <5% of your phone cost a month for data charges is not that hard.