Would repealing the current net neutrality rules make enshittification even worse? Definitely. It would hand ISPs even more control over what we see, how fast we see it, and who gets prioritized, all based on, at best, who pays them more. You think the internet is shitty now?

It's a false dichotomy anyway, framing anyone concerned with net neutrality as a panic-driven alarmist, and anyone opposed to net neutrality rules as calm, rational, and intelligent. It's rhetoric designed to discredit one side without addressing its actual arguments.

[–] FerretyFever0@fedia.io 4 points 2 weeks ago

I feel like that's more of an inevitable entropy kind of thing.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 29 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I absolutely adore her.

[–] KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Surely she will win the 2028 Democratic Primary.

[–] thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

a man can dream.

[–] SkyNTP@lemmy.ca 27 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Tech was better in 2015. It's all corporate squeeze now.

[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 2 weeks ago

Remember when Google participated in the blackouts to protest SOPA and PIPA? How things have changed...

[–] catty@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago

until trump's bitcoin setup is going to allow all of them to receive funds under the table.

[–] Windex007@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

That is 9 months of median Texas salary btw

[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago

Lol Ted Cruz still gobbling up scraps. Texas sure does love absolute weak ass politicians lol

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Fun random Comcast fact: founder Ralph Roberts, famous for wearing a bow-tie (and infamous for other reasons) died in 2015. My then-boss, a Comcast veep, decided to wear a bow-tie to the memorial service. He was fired a week later. When an executive is fired at Comcast, they just instantly disappear around lunchtime and are never seen or heard from again or even mentioned by anybody. I'm not entirely certain they're not killed and dissolved in acid.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I haven't seen any of the predictions come true. Anyone else? I'm honestly a bit shocked. Anyone want to show us how the death of net neutrality hurt the internet?

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Lots of ISPs block certain incoming ports.

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Or all of them, thanks to CGNAT.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 5 points 2 weeks ago

Some block outgoing ports too.

[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Nothing really changed because the rules havent been set in stone. It was reinstated in 2024 and then struck down by the courts with the new administration. Plus, California and other states have their own net neturalality which puts pressure for the rest of the states to continue to abide.

[–] LwL@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Tbh it was never going to have as big of an effect as many made it out to. Net neutrality is very much a good thing since not enforcing it just fuels monopolies, but many places don't have strict net neutrality rules and the internet is still alive there.

Though, a big thing preventing this are anti monopoly laws - companies won't pay to restrict access to competition because all it would do is get them broken up. So the worst that happens is sometimes preferential treatment when it comes to data limits.