Will the US Government Understand Streaming and ISPs?
August 26, 2020
There’s hope I suppose. After reading “Streaming Is Laying Bare How Big ISPs, Big Tech, and Big Media Work Together Against Users,” I am not sure the message will get through. Dark patterns can be difficult to explain. Crafty and efficient MBAs create ways to harvest money. Consumers may get the drift, but regulators and elected officials? Maybe, maybe not.
One this is certain: With appeals like this one, most will just smile and move on:
We need more choices for our ISPs, so they can’t keep charging us more for bad service. We need more choices so they can’t leverage their captive audiences for their new video services. We need net neutrality so these giant companies can’t create fiefdoms where they manipulate how we spend our time online. And we need our technology to be freed from corporate deals so we get what we paid for.
For some fun reading, check out this cost comparison chart. How’s the communication with the US government working out?
Stephen E Arnold, August 26, 2020
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