Re:One Step Closer to a Closed Internet
by bogomipz on Friday May 19, 2017 @04:07PM
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That's a total straw man.
It does't matter whether or not you think its ethical in its current incarnation. Youtube was a startup that became one of the most popular sites on the internet[1] and were acquired by Google. If they had to pay a gatekeeper to deliver those bits it might not have been a viable idea. The examples are not the point but rather the environment that those were produced in - i.e an environment of an open internet.
>"Maybe consider a better suited example next time you want to take a stance for net neutrality, maybe peer-to-peer."
Maybe consider not createing straw man fallacies the next time you want to be critical of other people's comments.
It does't matter whether or not you think its ethical in its current incarnation. Youtube was a startup that became one of the most popular sites on the internet[1] and were acquired by Google. If they had to pay a gatekeeper to deliver those bits it might not have been a viable idea. The examples are not the point but rather the environment that those were produced in - i.e an environment of an open internet.
>"Maybe consider a better suited example next time you want to take a stance for net neutrality, maybe peer-to-peer."
Maybe consider not createing straw man fallacies the next time you want to be critical of other people's comments.
[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_YouTube