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by dingo_bat 3815 days ago
Probably an argument can be made that net-neutrality and zero-rating are different. For example, net-neutrality can include exemptions to free services which grant access to only certain websites. IMO, the bigger problem is differential-pricing, not free stuff. Once, I pay for internet access, I should get access to everything. But any company is allowed to give access to certain websites, free of cost.
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The danger lies in that they can offer free access to their own search engine, video sharing site, email, social network, and so on. And then set a really high price for regular traffic, making watching video outside their own video sharing site unrealistic. If you have no other internet providers in your area (or if all two/three of them do this trick) then you effectively don't have a free and open internet anymore.