letsbehonest

The more likely next step is not cable-esque plans. It is ISPs shaking down Internet companies to try to get huge sums of money at the source.

As such, what you'll see as a consumer is just higher prices from _other_ companies, as they're forced to pay for access to bandwidth which you paid for.

This also means that most people won't understand the problem, and won't get upset with the correct people.

This is a travesty, akin to if every appliance manufacturer had to pay a recurring tribute to the electric company.

But hey... at least the Libertarians are all quite excited.

While on HN, you can feel the general air of acceptable ideas.

Sam Altman is not concerned that a leftist can't have a sane discussion on this website. But he IS concerned that a bigoted racist can't be openly bigoted at work.

Weird. I wonder why it is that Sam Altman is so concerned about the rights of bigots to be openly bigoted? Definitely couldn't be related to his relationship with Peter Thiel. No way...

If you meant a single word of this essay, HN would not be a place where people are routinely banned for being critical of your portfolio companies, or for expressing any political idea that is even moderately leftist.

You're a vile hypocrite. And there's nothing to debate, there. It's just fucking true.