Re:Netflix Leaving Battle for Net Neutrality Shows Why We Ne...
by xg15 on Monday June 05, 2017 @07:17AM
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Thank you for noting there is an additional source to conside - but, I'm sorry, I don't see the difference it makes.
> Hastings didn't outright dismiss net neutrality categorically.
I didn't read the first article as stating that he would.
> Rather, he was forthright in admitting that it's not a priority within the context of Netflix's current goals due to a resignation that it's not a fight worth the resources [...]
"Not worth the resources" is a statement that can have many reasons - one try at an explanation could be that the "worth" is primarily determined by how much use net neutrality would be to Netflix, a theory somewhat backed by Hastings' first quote.
That the Trump FCC is shifting the weights is certainly true, though I don't see how the change is profound enough to justify ceding defeat. The telco lobbyists certainly didn't "give up" under Obama and the FCC's then pro-net-neutrality stance.
> Hastings didn't outright dismiss net neutrality categorically.
I didn't read the first article as stating that he would.
> Rather, he was forthright in admitting that it's not a priority within the context of Netflix's current goals due to a resignation that it's not a fight worth the resources [...]
"Not worth the resources" is a statement that can have many reasons - one try at an explanation could be that the "worth" is primarily determined by how much use net neutrality would be to Netflix, a theory somewhat backed by Hastings' first quote.
That the Trump FCC is shifting the weights is certainly true, though I don't see how the change is profound enough to justify ceding defeat. The telco lobbyists certainly didn't "give up" under Obama and the FCC's then pro-net-neutrality stance.