Just Say No to Facebook's Internet.org, Says Inventor of World Wide Web

Re:Just Say No to Facebook's Internet.org, Says Inventor of ... by humble_dev on Saturday October 10, 2015 @02:26PM (#10366407)

It's still free, no one is forced to use this. Companies exists to make a profit, if Facebook offers something for free of course it's not driven by philanthropy. I believe internet.org is better than no internet at all. Hopefully people in developing countries will be offered alternative in the near future but to get normal internet they need to earn enough to pay for it - internet.org is free with means people using it are the product.

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Re:Just Say No to Facebook's Internet.org, Says Inventor of ... by stplsd on Saturday October 10, 2015 @02:56PM (#10366529)

Well, internet.org is non-profit organisation, so...

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Re:Just Say No to Facebook's Internet.org, Says Inventor of ... by Crito on Saturday October 10, 2015 @03:35PM (#10366682)

> non-profit organisation

What do you think that means?

I don't want you to look up a definition for me (I can do that myself after all), I want you to describe what that concept makes you think and feel.

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Re:Just Say No to Facebook's Internet.org, Says Inventor of ... by yeukhon on Saturday October 10, 2015 @03:09PM (#10366582)

non-profit doesn't mean much these days.

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Re:Just Say No to Facebook's Internet.org, Says Inventor of ... by sa1 on Saturday October 10, 2015 @03:19PM (#10366627)

> I believe internet.org is better than no internet at all.

Its not a binary choice.

What would your reaction be if ISPs made Netflix traffic outrageously exorbitant, and made its own competitor free?

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Re:Just Say No to Facebook's Internet.org, Says Inventor of ... by humble_dev on Saturday October 10, 2015 @03:47PM (#10366727)

Then I would go for another ISP, that's the point I can choose because I live in Europe, but If I could choose between no internet and free internet from Facebook I would go for free from Facebook if noone else want to provide internet for people in Africa.

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Re:Just Say No to Facebook's Internet.org, Says Inventor of ... by sa1 on Saturday October 10, 2015 @03:59PM (#10366774)

Internet.org runs on top of existing ISPs. Anywhere it's accessible, other ISPs are available in the same region too. "No internet" vs "Internet.org" as the only two options, is not a choice anywhere at all.

Those ISPs have bought public spectrum to provide telecom and internet services. Public spectrum being used to make services of foreign companies free, while making other traffic expensive, is something a democratic population should be concerned about.

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Re:Just Say No to Facebook's Internet.org, Says Inventor of ... by itistoday2 on Saturday October 10, 2015 @04:11PM (#10366812)

This is about not deceiving users and attempting to usurp the definition of the word "Internet". It'd be fine if they called it Facebook Net or whatever.

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