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The backlash is building over the plan to gut net neutrality.
Tech companies are vowing not to go down without a fight, as the FCC plans to pull the plug on a 'free' internet.
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Well, as usual, the answer is simple. Who has more money to buy politicians, ISPs or tech companies? Whoever does wins.
Given that ISPs are more or less utility monopolies, whereas tech companies are not, I guess we can predict the outcome.
They've been awful fucking quiet during this whole thing, their silence is the most telling thing in the world, they don't really care and are just paying lip service because they know they can afford to lose neutrality and it will help their position as gatekeepers as well.
If they really cared they would slow their sites to a crawl and have ads and banners running, their apps would be screaming about it, but no, they release quiet statements and pay lip service.
Isn't this the definition of Capitalism though? Be scrappy when you must, but once you made it, your goal is to keep your advantage for as long as possible and destroy those who may threaten. Just look at the fossil fuel industry in the last 60 years and what they did to alternative fuels that were cleaner, more efficient and cheaper. Fuck it, once you're on top, just play whack a mole, and if something comes out that gives you 10 mallets instead of 1, why argue? Obviously for PR purposes they need to save face, but their intentions are made clear by their almost non-existent reactions to all of this.
It is indeed...Suck every dollop of money out of everything,and move on.