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Re:The internet doesn't care about multiplayer games by wbl on Wednesday December 11, 2019 @10:18AM (#21763150)
A bike courier or lawyer racing to the court house benefits far more from the roads then others but doesn't pay more. Common carrier regulations were widespread in moving atoms.
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Re:The internet doesn't care about multiplayer games by wayoutthere on Wednesday December 11, 2019 @10:36AM (#21763373)
Then why are toll roads a thing? They explicitly allow vehicles to pay more for a faster road.
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Re:The internet doesn't care about multiplayer games by gnode on Wednesday December 11, 2019 @01:02PM (#21765024)
Toll roads charge you for travelling over them. They don't charge the business you're travelling to based on how much value you have to them as a customer.
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Re:The internet doesn't care about multiplayer games by Braggadocious on Wednesday December 11, 2019 @10:51AM (#21763561)
not really a faster road as anyone stuck in an expresslane behind a prius will tell you, but a less congested road free of peasants. Not really sure how this analogy syncs up but just throwing in my $0.02.
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Re:The internet doesn't care about multiplayer games by wayoutthere on Wednesday December 11, 2019 @11:01AM (#21763687)
> but a less congested road free of peasants

That's exactly what paid prioritization is though? A less congested bandwidth link free of peasants?

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Re:The internet doesn't care about multiplayer games by Braggadocious on Wednesday December 11, 2019 @11:15AM (#21763852)
Yeah no i see what you're goin for. Maybe comparing public roads to air travel would be a better analogy? Idk im just being a nudge.
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