Google Goes Against Net Neutrality
- Thread starter Yakinator
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Only a chance to see what they can do and stand and fall by their own efforts and talents.
Mr. Dictator
A Chain-Smoking Fox
do you think the big internet institutions are entitled to something special?
warpus
In pork I trust
It's nothing special, this is how the internet has operated since its inception! Net neutrality has made it incredibly open, and invited a lot of innovation.
This has been a very good thing. It's what the internet is all about.
It's lead to things like google, youtube, facebook (okay, this one is arguable
) and many more.Where would the internet be today without net neutrality? We would be using yahoo search and there would be no lolcats. That's right - no lolcats.
You take net neutrality away and the internet changes into something that it's never been before. It would not be a good thing for the internet and it would not be a good thing for its users. It would only be good for several big companies.
Mr. Dictator
A Chain-Smoking Fox
i agree, that's probably the biggest point to make, actually.
it's not broke, why fix it?
it's not broke, why fix it?
woody60707
Deity
LOL it's what I don't get. What about real/needed fixes to the internet, not this make believe boogie man stuff. Right now I live in Chicago and I had it with Comcast, i'll go to any other ISP. Only to find out there are no other ISP's, in FREAKING Chicago where I live. (maybe that's why the Comcast rep was so rude to me???) I don't live in the suburbs, but I pretty much live in Downtown Chicago!!!
cubsfan6506
Got u
I've never seen someone miss a point so badly. The fact that you use yahoo search engine isn't relevant to the discussion at all. Would you rather by talking right now on take two forums?
I didn't miss a point. I was simply pointing out to him that some people DO still use Yahoo, contrary to what his post implied with the "Where would the internet be today without net neutrality? We would be using yahoo search..." comment. There is actually nothing wrong with Yahoo search, so not exactly a huge argument in favor of net neutrality.
By the way, you all seem keen in keeping the internet "like it was". Well cool, I am all for that. Let's get it completely back under the control of the US government, entirely, like it used to be. You know, in the days when it was pure. What? That change was good? But I thought change on the internet was bad....
By the way, you all seem keen in keeping the internet "like it was". Well cool, I am all for that. Let's get it completely back under the control of the US government, entirely, like it used to be. You know, in the days when it was pure. What? That change was good? But I thought change on the internet was bad....
cubsfan6506
Got u
That isn't the point if yahoo was the only search engine, they would have no incentive to improve their engine in anyway. Right now search engines change all the time to try to compete with each other. The point was that giving people the freedom to choose which websites they use creates incentive to improve their search engine.
All change to the internet isn't inherently bad or evil, it simply becomes bad when it stifles free competition among websites.
All change to the internet isn't inherently bad or evil, it simply becomes bad when it stifles free competition among websites.
