Re:Sci-Hub Is Now on the ‘Uncensorable Web’
by aufhebung on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @09:40PM
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>customers get a base package and need to pay extra for the "social media package" (which unlocks twitter and facebook) or the "streaming package" (which unlocks netflix, youtube, etc.)
According to snopes this doesn't seem to be fully accurate. There was a mobile plan with which you could buy extra data for different services (which I admit is not ideal), but no extra package to "unlock" services.
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Re:Sci-Hub Is Now on the ‘Uncensorable Web’
by woodrowbarlow on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @08:23AM
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ok, i did a bit more research on the portugal case. i was going off a tweet with a website screenshot, but found this verge article[1] after reading your comment; and you're right. these sites aren't "blocked" by default, the package addons just give extra data to your plan and that data is specifically for those websites. still not "neutral" (looks like buying facebook data is cheaper than general-use data) but not nearly as dystopian as it seemed.
[1] https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/22/16691506/portugal-meo-in...