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Re:Battle for the Internet by pyre on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @01:57PM (#14754831)
> Isn't prevention better than cure?

I can easily think of opposition rebuttals to this:

1. It's a solution in search of a problem.

2. It's a premature optimization.

3. The cure could be worse than the disease.

etc...

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Re:Battle for the Internet by throwawayjava on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @02:22PM (#14755104)
Those aren't rebuttals, they're platitudes.
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Re:Battle for the Internet by notduncansmith on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @03:12PM (#14755639)
Welcome to politics.
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Re:Battle for the Internet by collinmanderson on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @04:19PM (#14756270)
> premature optimization

Yes. I feel like Net Neutrality is trying to solve a mostly hypothetical issue.

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Re:Battle for the Internet by syrrim on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @05:46PM (#14756978)
... then why are ISPs working so hard to get rid of it?
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Re:Battle for the Internet by state_less on Thursday July 13, 2017 @12:16AM (#14758645)
So they can increase their ability to control a captive audience?
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