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Re:Facebook Australia allowed advertisers to target teens’ e... by placeybordeaux on Monday May 01, 2017 @11:36AM (#14238380)
It was free access to a limited subset of services, it would be a great way to lock in facebook use as it'd be the only social network that would be available. Calling it free internet is disingenuous because it wasn't access to the internet, but rather access to a couple websites.
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Re:Facebook Australia allowed advertisers to target teens’ e... by kevin_thibedeau on Monday May 01, 2017 @01:43PM (#14239708)
First world ISPs provide limited access to the internet too by not allowing servers, use of "uncommon" ports, or issuing static IPV6 addresses to residential users.
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Re:Facebook Australia allowed advertisers to target teens’ e... by placeybordeaux on Monday May 01, 2017 @02:49PM (#14240325)
I'd argue that's not to funnel use into a product that maintains market share through the network effect. That's the thing that made the free basics program so pernicious. What you are describe is just providing a poor service, rather than a service that is specifically tailored to stamp out competition.
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Re:Facebook Australia allowed advertisers to target teens’ e... by reitanqild on Monday May 01, 2017 @04:49PM (#14241429)
IMO there is a significant (i.e. orders of magnitude) difference between these two examples.
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Re:Facebook Australia allowed advertisers to target teens’ e... by loceng on Monday May 01, 2017 @02:47PM (#14240302)
Apples and oranges comparison.
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