it doersnt matter, i have argued with republican friends and family about net neutrality for years. Essentially it boils down to they view it as government regulation which equals bad.
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Trump picking staunch opponents of net neutrality to oversee FCC
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it doersnt matter, i have argued with republican friends and family about net neutrality for years. Essentially it boils down to they view it as government regulation which equals bad.
Never count out the creativity of ISPs in ways to fuck customers.
Alas, I'm just being hyperbolic to make my point, but still it won't be pretty.
Funky Papa
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Take a load of this motherfucker.
Netherscourge
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It's gonna be fun watching internet bandwidth get squeezed, along with our bank accounts.
Trump is a godsend for corporate greed.
Trump is a godsend for corporate greed.
Sorry, I hate Marmite.
DragonSworne
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Without net neutrality the rise of the alt right is in jeopardy. Talk about shooting yourself in the foot.
It will be interesting to see which websites get throttled and which don't.
It will be interesting to see which websites get throttled and which don't.
DragonSworne
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You do realize that ISP are going to only sell bundles now that include access to 5 to 10 sites? Good luck getting access to the whole internet without paying an arm and a leg.
nintendoman58
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The same thing when this and SOPA was an issue before.
Blackouts, donations, and the like.
Folks like the EFF aren't just going to sit and watch Net Neutrality go away.
So do I.
PsychoSoldier
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I wonder if it'll matter much this time though.
Pop-O-Matic
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The Alt-Right don't give a damn about Net Neutrality anymore. The fact that the real world has become such a fertile ground for the seeds of hate basically renders the internet obsolete.
Ayato Kanzaki
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If you sometimes use a torrent client, prepare for some drastic speed degradation, and a premium option to return to what you have now.
And that's only one example among many things they could use to make you pay more. They could blackmail Steam by threatening to reduce the download speed for Valve's customers. Or they could increase your ping for games and propose you another premium for it.
And since your choice of ISP is very limited, they could easily get away with it for a lot of customers. All they'd have to do is collusion between, say, Verizon and Comcast, and you'd have no choice but to accept the limitations or pay more.
Give four years to these republicans, and they'll set your economy back to 2008, and make you lose three decades of social progress...
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That's just a horrible line of thought.
Government regulation is not all evil.
It's the reason we don't use lead paint or producs anymore.
Garrett Hawke
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lmao
wonder if the_d and 4chan will care
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wonder if the_d and 4chan will care
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Alt-right establishment pretty much only needs sites like Facebook as their vehicle anyway, so yeah.
nintendoman58
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If the internet is in danger, it always matters.
These people can't just snap their fingers and declare Net Neutrality dead and that's it. Everything's got a process, and the internet's gonna use everything its got to stop that process.
EdibleKnife
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Because he said he was and people who are easily by known liars believed him
Darryl M R
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Those that support them are not wealthy.
RustyNails
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Aren't the alt-right pepes including Bannon against this?
It matters every time. This is their battle strategy. Keep pushing until we become apathetic and let it slide, then it sets precedent for more to keep sliding.
I dunno, it's like a spell... they'll all probably come out as anti-net neutrality after this.
Pop-O-Matic
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You mean half the gated communities become more gated while the other half get tore down for letting the wrong kind of people passed the gate.
Republican/lobbyist greed is so short-sighted, they forget net neutrality helped America lead the startup revolution - the whole world is jealous of your tech sector (even if it is a current taxation nightmare).
These people don't care about things that could secure the country's next few decades (probably because they'll be dead), but if could improve next quarter's projections? Sign them up!
These people don't care about things that could secure the country's next few decades (probably because they'll be dead), but if could improve next quarter's projections? Sign them up!
Seth Enosh
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I highly doubt it. There were no net neutrality rules under Clinton and GWB and that didn't happen.
Net neutrality is largely a solution looking for a problem, outside of mobile networks where the FCC hasn't applied it anyway. TMobile violates net neutrality principles constantly with zero rating and their customers love them for it.
Massive Duck. C.M.
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If only Clinton had smiled more
Or was it less
Post-truth ho
Or was it less
Post-truth ho
PsychoSoldier
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Well, what recourse do we actually have to stop it? Couldn't they just do this and ignore any feedback?
I realize the EFF could bring suit but I could imagine a scenario where they would do what the industry wants and not worry about public outcry.
Are you seriously comparing 1993-2009 internet to today's?
Funky Papa
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On the plus side, America is about to become a cautionary tale for other nations currently working on their net neutrality laws.
UK will see it as a good thing and see it as "helping businesses".
Joe Shlabotnik
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Facebook would likely be the least affected by the dismantling of net neutrality.
Imagine tiers ("choices") of internet access:
- Baskets of the most popular social media and news hubs for less than you pay now
- added video / audio streaming services for somewhat more than you pay now
- full internet access for considerably more than you pay now
Your friends should go read about monopoly and oligopoly...
You're joking, right? Reading is for fools.
Having such *nuanced* points of view, I doubt his friends are interested in reading.
Can't tech giants fight it? I'm pretty sure they're richer than ISP companies. A big reason we're in this shit is because of the attitude toward lying and racism from the silicon valley CEOs. Are rich people really not going to do anything? I had hope they could realize the implications of choices like this and the climate denying from the US, after all they have to live on this world as well, or maybe they'll leave to Mars.
perfectchaos007
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internet porn will probably be made illegal under his admin too.
SpaceCadetKeon
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Christ, even my primary means of escapism from this new reality is in jeopardy...
Dash_Riprock
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Wasn't there a survey or something that revealed the biggest consumers of porn were from red states like Utah?
Ryzaki009
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Yep. The hypocrisy.
I actually hope that occurs. I'll take the hit for those idiots to suffer too.
KO Traveling Hobo
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In my casual, anecdotal experience, 4chan as a whole leans toward "they're both shit". /pol/ has become an inescapable tar pit of manchildren plugging their ears and shouting "SHILLLLLS" at the top of their lungs - there is zero room for anyone that isn't a Trump worshiper there.
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