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Re:Ask HN: How can we stop the plan to end net neutrality? by blubb-fish on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @05:10AM (#15746919)
bingo - stuff like twitch is the reason why people here are afraid. and your full HD transmission is getting more expensive - oh, cry me a river - well, no HD for you. then again why would anybody be interested in making HD video less available? I really don't see that.

And if your freezer is blacklisted b/c it wastes 50% more energy than comparable freezers ... thinking about it is very likely that something like this might come to improve efficiency of the electricity supply. Wouldn't even be that bad.

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Re:Ask HN: How can we stop the plan to end net neutrality? by jimmies on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @01:00PM (#15749996)
>if your freezer is blacklisted b/c it wastes 50% more energy than comparable freezers

What if it's not because it wastes more energy? What if it's because it has a certain brand that didn't pay the energy company? If it wastes energy, then they should just charge you 50% more (or whatever their scheme is for the person that uses 50% more energy).

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