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Re:Research shows that nearly every U.S. cell provider is do... by dragonwriter on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @11:25AM (#18016071)
> So, if something can be done and no one notices it can't be a bad thing?

Not only that, the article clearly indicates that people do notice the impacts, they just don't know that the cause is deliberate throttling by their provider.

It's like if people frequently complained about loose coins missing from their homes, but it took some legwork to find the crooks who trained cockroaches to steal the coins and deliver them—would you say that the thefts shouldn't be illegal because it wasn't immediately obvious that he losses were thefts?

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Re:Research shows that nearly every U.S. cell provider is do... by stochastic_monk on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @01:25PM (#18017251)
And it’s just isolated people noticing against a monolithic corporation. It’s hard for any small-time person who isn’t absurdly rich to get them to do anything but waste hours of their time on the phone or internet discussing the issue.
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