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Yeah, that's not how it works, and you know it.
You are also implying that something changing and adding new features fast is good, and that's not true, either.
>If Linux can obsolete Solaris, Riot can obsolete Discord/Slack.
Jabber was also going to obsolete many things, and look at it.
That should be illegal. It's discrimination for a basic service.
>Internet service isn't just entertainment: It is communication, banking, and lots of very basic things folks need in life.
You can still walk into the bank. Checking your account from home is cool, but hardly a vital thing.
>Many jobs require internet access to apply: Fewer and fewer take any sort of paper applications and not everywhere has kiosks to apply and test at (low paying jobs, at least). Heck, game disks are getting rarer, so you sometimes need to be online to use a PC game. Lots of research for school papers is done online.
I doubt they can pull this shit off in a place where 25% of people have no access to the Internet. Otherwise they wouldn't find applicants.
>Also, communication. Few folks send snail mail letters anymore due to email. Chat programs work well too.
A bummer. Hardly a "human rights" issue.
Okay? That doesn't seem to be happening in Europe for example. Everything runs fine. There's internet access in rural areas. The world didn't collapse.
>Plus granting a firm a government monopoly on a region is always a bad idea that ultimately hinders the development and deployment of new solutions.
It's an auction. And others can choose to deploy afterwards.
>Cab medallions in NYC. Fixed price airline tickets. Exclusive right to trade spices west of the prime meridian.
Yes, the free market seems to work fine in this case. That's why these Alabamians have 1 Gbps fibre... oh no wait they have no access to the Internet at all. Dammit. Call Ayn Rand