[acdha]

For me it comes down to whether it's a special deal or open. In the US T-Mobile has a program where any music service can apply to have their traffic exempted from caps and that seems unremarkable to me since it doesn't favor a specific service. What I would worry about the most would be that being negotiated, where a competitor could arbitrarily be excluded for strategic reasons, or with a fee which would make it hard for competitors to enter the market.

[krisdol]

It depends on what program you're talking about. The previous iteration, Binge ON, capped streaming videos at 480p, but you could opt out on your account settings page.

The current iteration, One, caps Netflix, YouTube, HBO and other services at 480p, and you have to pay $25/mo for an "HD Add On" to get rid of the cap.

Sprint caps different types of apps (even games) at different bandwidths as well, and there is no option to get more than 480p from them.

There is nothing good about this.

[acdha]

I was talking about music, as in https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-10969. Video is harder since it requires much higher bit-rates but the only thing which bothers me about Binge On is that they rolled out first as opt-out but even that's not a big deal since it's trivial to turn off if you want extra pixels more than a lower monthly bill.