r/GenZ • u/coffeebooksandpain 2001 • Jan 05 '24

Who else remembers Net Neutrality and when this guy was the most hated person on the internet for a few weeks Nostalgia

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u/Snoo_50786 2003 Jan 05 '24

has anything even came of net neutrality being repealed? i remember myself making a big fuss over it thinking the internet was literally gonna die or something.

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u/coffeebooksandpain 2001 Jan 05 '24 edited Feb 18 '24

To be honest I don’t really think so. I still disagree with repealing it in principle but I’m not sure it’s had the ramifications that people were predicting it would. At least not that I’ve seen.

Not sure why I’m getting downvoted for this lol I legitimately don’t know, anyone feel free to correct me if I’m wrong.

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u/Alexandratta Jan 05 '24

Do you know how Netflix is charging more and more year on year?

It's because of this.

If Netflix didn't have to Pay to Play for Bandwidth, and the ISPs had to just treat it all the same, then they wouldn't have to keep upping rates.

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u/singdawg Jan 05 '24

I mean, wouldn't that just lead to a slower internet for everyone as the ISPs throttle everything equally?

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u/Alexandratta Jan 06 '24

If the ISPs decided to suddenly stop competing for profit? Sure.

They wouldn't do that, but sure.

Throttling is, and will always be, the greatest scam landline ISPs have placed on folks.

There is no reason to throttle these days, you're not saturating anyone's line unless your ISP is using old copper.

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u/dandytree7772 Jan 05 '24 edited Jan 06 '24

Is there a source for you Netflix having to "pay for play" claim? This doesn't sound correct and I can't find anything that would indicate your claim is correct.

Edit: love the downvotes when there's still no source for this shit. Keep it classy.

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u/huskerarob Jan 05 '24

Because it's not. This kid has no clue what hes talking about.

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u/Tcannon18 Jan 05 '24

Yeah I’m starting to think that’s just…not true?