• deranger@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    The NCTA has repeatedly stated over the years that net neutrality rules aren’t needed because ISPs already follow net neutrality principles. “Internet service providers have always delivered open, unrestricted Internet service. Consumers enjoy the web content and applications of their choosing without any blocking, throttling, or interference,” the group said.

    Lmao, really? The audacity of these cunts.

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      7 months ago

      Wow. Talk about professional gaslighting. Not enough people are aware that the Obama-era FTC enacted the policy because AT&T, Comcast, and Verizon were all caught throttling Netflix and prioritizing their own competing services.

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        7 months ago

        And tethering. Verizon was basically forced to stop blocking tethering apps by the FCC. My complaint was one of the ones which started the enforcement.

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    7 months ago

    Let me plug Counter Points, a favorite political show of mine.

    They recently talked about FTC Chair Lina Khan and Apple’s monopoly, the government’s anti-trust lawsuit against Apple, and monopolies in general. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMyChnACLKQ

    It’s tangential, but it came to mind.

    If the cable companies want lawsuits, let’s give them what they want in the form of anti-trust lawsuits and break them up.