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Re:FCC Votes to Restore Net Neutrality Rules by bko on Thursday April 25, 2024 @10:02PM (#40165178)
> I can't comprehend why you think ISPs would feel compelled to be so altruistic without any government intervention.

Price discrimination. No altruism necessary. Kind of like my isp offering me different speeds.

Meta tried to offer free limited internet to poor rural Indians but idealistic tech workers from wealthy neighborhoods opposed it on moral grounds since it was against net neutrality so then they got no internet

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-india-rejected-facebooks-...

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Re:FCC Votes to Restore Net Neutrality Rules by ThePowerOfFuet on Friday April 26, 2024 @07:41AM (#40168140)
So Facebook would have provided access where Facebook-owned properties were zero-rated, leading to Facebook distorting those people's view of the world.

If you want to see what happens to countries where Facebook is essentially "the internet", look no further than Myanmar.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-55929654

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