Re:Why Free Can Be a Problem on the Internet
by rhino369 on Sunday November 15, 2015 @10:00PM
(#10572385)
You could come up with reasons why Google shouldn't be allowed to give away Gmail. They use their search monopoly. They monetize it by spying on the contents of the email.
It's not a 1 to 1 parallel. I mostly meant why do you think Tmobile's business plan should be controlled by the FCC but Google should do what it wants.
Re:Why Free Can Be a Problem on the Internet
by jsprogrammer on Sunday November 15, 2015 @11:04PM
(#10572557)
>I mostly meant why do you think Tmobile's business plan should be controlled by the FCC but Google should do what it wants.
The FCC controls TMobile's business plans in the way the FBI controls organized crime. If the principles of the Internet are to be maintained, traffic prioritization as a monetization scheme needs to be carefully monitored and most likely snuffed out.
Mis-analogize much? Google isn't exactly an ISP like TMobile is. Also, email is text based and uses near-to-no bandwidth compared to video.