Re:Finance makes Apple and Google forced friends
by lovich on Thursday October 18, 2018 @11:44AM
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Are many people != Large majority. The large majority publicly backed net neutrality and then the government choice the opposite choice, which only helped a set of large, rich companies.
Yes in a democracy you will frequently deal with votes not going the way you want. Having powerful groups who can get the law changed to benefit them is a different issue and is indicative of a de facto oligarchy
Re:Finance makes Apple and Google forced friends
by frockington on Thursday October 18, 2018 @12:56PM
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I would say the large majority doesn't care about net neutrality in any meaningful way. Personally, I researched it and couldn't find any reason to a have a stance on the issue.
Re:Finance makes Apple and Google forced friends
by tomc1985 on Thursday October 18, 2018 @11:59AM
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According to the ratio of public comments accepted by the FCC, the "many" who think the net is evolving are something like 3%
Re:Finance makes Apple and Google forced friends
by ambicapter on Thursday October 18, 2018 @12:32PM
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I think it was actually 0.3% when you took out duplicated comments. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=fcc+comments+99.7&t=ffsb&ia=web
There are many who think the net is evolving in a great way and want to limit government interference until their is a real problem. If there's a real problem then pass a law and deal with the problem. Often times these harmless laws have terrible consequences and are difficult to undo.