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Trump Team Says They'll Kill the Open Internet "As Soon As Possible"
You might remember back in 2012 there was a big fight over the SOPA and PIPA bills that would end net neutrality. Sites like Google, Twitter, Reddit and Twitter all joined in by going dark for a day or putting up a message about how important it was to fight. Those bills were defeated at the time but at least two big fights have happened since. Now, the only man at the top of FCC who was in favor of an open internet is leaving and his colleagues have promised lobbyists they will kill net neutrality right away.
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Net Neutrality is a terrible idea. The market will always solve problems of shitty products being offered. Is Comcast only letting you watch Netflix? Vote with your wallet, and hire some other service, and watch the attitudes change overnight.
How can you get another service when Comcast actively blocks any other service from being offered? Net Neutrality is the only thing keeping ISP monopolies in check.
I'm not sure that's true. One thing I am sure of though, is that if some scheme can't abide by the principle of net neutrality, then that scheme is a rip off. Ask yourself, did the magic powers of markets automatically solve the problem of child labor? Do markets automagically solve monopolies? Rent seeking? Highway robbery?