| >They are just virtue signalling. They've filed court cases against the FCC.
They're activly trying to change legislation. If that's virtue signalling then it's a stupid phrase that means nothing. >I am from a country in the EU. I don't support NN because I want to have access to zero-rated services. As a consumer, they make my life easier and my bill lower. I want to have the freedom of choosing whether I want NN in my connection or not. I don't want the government to take that freedom away from me. An ISP zero rating facebook, Netflix or Spotify just entrenches a big player in their dominant position. That's bad for the market and shouldn't be encouraged.
How can a new entrant into a market compete when the ISP or mobile operator is giving the major player preferential treatment. As a consumer sure you don't care but these are exactly the scenarios that a government should ensure a level playing field in. Even in the sense of if a mobile operator is Zero rating a music provider then the operator must allow a choice and all music vendors must be able to easily join the programme. Hacker news is quite focused on startups, creating barriers for market entry isn't very startup friendly. >I suppose their diversity does not include diversity of thought. LOL. So a company can't stand for anything because they might upset someone? Have a bit of self awareness.
Having a persecution complex when you're on the winning side is pathetic. |
Of course... they have to spend the donations on something. Anything but improving Firefox or Thunderbird, lol
>An ISP zero rating facebook, Netflix or Spotify just entrenches a big player in their dominant position.
No because in the EU by legislation ISPs are forced to zero-rate all services in the same category. If they zero-rate Netflix they have to zero-rate YouTube and everything in between.
>LOL. So a company can't stand for anything because they might upset someone?
Exactly. They should not alienate possible users or customers.
>Have a bit of self awareness. Having a persecution complex when you're on the winning side is pathetic.
I, and all customers, are on the winning side by now. But we have to keep fighting so evil doesn't win, :)