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by acheron 4508 days ago
"Net neutrality" is the government "seizing more control". And not in some abstract way either, that is literally the goal. If it had actually "died" then that would have been a good thing, for those opposed to government control.
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> "Net neutrality" is the government "seizing more control"

Good point. Telling infrastructure providers they must treat all traffic the same and telling them they must prioritize certain traffic is the same thing from a government power perspective.

Being for "net neutrality" is one thing. However, being for net neutrality and being for less government control of the internet makes no sense.

Ah yes I have this wrong! I was thinking of neutrality as being a natural state of the 'net, but of course that's not necessarily so.