In case you can't tell, I'm in the Pro Net Neutrality Group
I covered a lot of this in my post from 4 months ago: Will You Be Able to Access Your Content Freely in the Future, but I want to add some more comments now that we are vulnerable to throttling.
So why does this matter?
- ISPs now have the ability to choose which websites you see, and how quickly a website loads.
But Google and Facebook support net neutrality and they are the biggest known censors of content, so net neutrality must be bad.
WRONG
Google is not a Service Provider (well, I guess they are now, but not really). YOU CHOOSE to use Google as a TOOL ON THE INTERNET. You can use another method for searching the internet. You don't have to use Google.
You CHOOSE to use Facebook for connecting with friends and family. You CHOOSE to read their dumb news articles and suggestions.
On the other hand, you don't often have a choice of internet provider. Maybe one or two options?
Oh, and guess what, they are all pretty much the same company regardless of where you are located and the name they call themselves. So if one of them decides to throttle your connection to Steemit because they don't agree with the blockchain or free speech or crypto or whatever, there's now NOTHING you can do about it.
Where you had the choice before to navigate to a different website, those websites are now blocked by your ISP and you'll never learn about the latest news about Bitcoin because the ISP has blocked all of your access to those sites.
You are therefore paying for a service, the internet, and instead of getting what you're paying for (unadulterated internet service), you're getting a net nanny. Sounds like fun, eh?
With the majority of anarchists on here, I have a feeling that many of you are on the same page as me here.. if so, or if not, let me know in the comments below!