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Net Neutrality: Reddit comes out strong for it
https://thenextweb.com/insider/2017/11/22/reddit-net-neutrality-fcc-protest/
For those who browse Reddit on a daily basis, you may have noticed this morning that the site's front page was filled with posts from multitudes of subreddits urging readers to show their support for net neutrality, which could potentially be axed if FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has his way. To sum up Ajit Pai's thoughts on net neutrality, he thinks that the FCC is "micromanaging" telecommunications providers by imposing such regulations, and that elimination of net neutrality will allow them to operate more freely and be better for the consumer. Reality check: BULLSHIT. For those who don't know, net neutrality is what allows us to access the internet freely without any limitations on what we have access to, or how fast our connection is to said service. Without it, we would have tiered packages to services (such as social media), in addition to having to pay more to access a certain service (like Netflix) at faster speeds. |
Lulz, how many hackers enjoy the freedom of the internet? ALL OF THEM! So what do you think said hackers would do if they actually tried to take away that freedom? It would be a war they could never win, and they would certainly be completely stupid to try and strip away that freedom. XD
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Edit: Also, on the subject of a compiler/development environment that charges you every time you compiler, the solution seems obvious. There's plenty of good programmers out there that would laugh at such a thing. It would create a big demand for development environments with free, unlimited compiles. All some good programmers have to do is create one, charge maybe $30 for it, and there you go. Even if they would not allow the sale of such software online, it would just go underground and be sold under the table. If they really tried to restrict a lot of these things that way, there is plenty of profit to be made doing underground deals like that. It might be deemed illegal, but so was alcohol in the prohibition and look at how that went. You know, "I heard Jim Bobensmicht at 405 Main Street is selling some cheap warez at his corner store. The password is 'La Resistance'." If they really remove net neutrality, I would place my bet that things will go that route until even the government officials realize the old way was better. Just my 2 cents. btw I got some cheap warez for sale XD Edit2: One other horrible money trap like the $5 compiler would be 'legitimate' companies giving out what is essentially ransomware. It's like "Oh, you want to encrypt your data? Cool, it's all free :D". But then: "Oh, you want to decrypt the same data from before? Cool, that's $0.05 every 256-bit block. :D" It's kind of funny and not funny at the same time. >:/ |
https://www.scribd.com/document/353285485/Freedman-Consulting-Net-Neutrality-Poll
This finding was posted to reddit today by Steve Huffman (reddit co-founder). This goes to show you that Ajit Pai is NOT for the people. |
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im just genuinely worried that with a republican-majority FCC that they'll listen to "the people" lol. like... if it hasn't become abundantly clear that republicans certainly don't care about the everyday person over corporations at this point then.... |
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Not going to talk much about this beyond this:
I hope this goes to supreme court. This is beyond stupid that this guy is trying to take away something that is literally a need for not just Americans, but everyone who uses the Internet. There is literal no benefit for the people to have net neutrality taken away. |
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I currently have a tread to help save pokecommuity from the repeal
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The internet is a place loads of people rely on to get their start, and if that is taken away from us, we will be extremely limited in what we can do. I absolutely hate being forced to pay for stuff like subscription services since my family are pensioners and we tend to run low all the time, and the internet has been my main form of entertainment for years.
This plan to repeal Net Neutrality shows just how many dickheaded people are in the world today, not just those toxic SJWs who want everything to change for them and them only, now this corrupted government who disrespect everyday people and only want to please the corporates. If Net Neutrality gets killed, I have no choice but to leave this forum forever. And that will be hard to adjust to considering this is a six-year-old account I have here. |
Pack your bags, everyone. It's repealed.
Meanwhile, I'll go back to downloading anime butts like I've been doing long before Net Neutrality was even heard of. And seeing the fallout struggle to get off the ground thanks to the assload of lawsuits the FCC is about to receive. No pun intended. |
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And Net Neutrality was implemented in 2015... why is everyone screaming apocalypse now? |
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The regulations were enacted as a protection to the consumer before the ISPs could implement changes like what's being feared. However, with new administration who couldn't care less about the consumer and care more about the interests of business (because of the money that goes into their pockets), things like this are happening. |
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According to many organizations we might have enough votes in congress to overturn the fcc's decision, not to mention the many lawsuits from multiple states that will happen to keep the nn rules.
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So basically its not all gloom and doom. |
I'm pretty optimistic about congress. I knew the FCC was gonna vote to remove it, but there seems to be a good amount of bipartisan support for it in congress.
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Don't worry, lads. Everything will be fine.
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Wait, is that really the number 1 thing you would have missed if Net Neutrality was removed? {XD} Even though I've tried to understand what they would have been thinking with this whole thing, since there's no way they couldn't have thought through all the drawbacks from it that many people have thought of, I still can't really understand what they were thinking with this. |
I have hope congress will overturn this. 83% of them are against this repeal. It's not over.
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Well a New York congressman introduced a bill in favor of nn and I think we will have enough support in congress to pass it. On top of it I read also that NY is the first state to be taking the FCC to court over nn.
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