• ag10n@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    The web is based on open standards; that’s what made it universally accessible. How does limiting access based on how you access the web benefit anyone?

    • vonbaronhans@midwest.social
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      11 months ago

      It doesn’t, but that isn’t their point. They’re simply pointing out that existing net neutrality laws in the US usually only apply to ISPs and telcos, not internet businesses.

    • El Barto@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      Imagine a business making some smoothies with water provided by the utility company. The business decides to sell less appetizing smoothies to certain organizations. Are you saying that that’s a “water utility neutrality” issue?

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      11 months ago

      Where did I say it did? The fact that it’s not a net neutrality issue doesn’t mean it’s not an issue. Net neutrality is just a specific thing that isn’t this.

    • prole@sh.itjust.works
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      11 months ago

      Nobody is defending the practice, they’re just differentiating it from what we’ve previously referred to as “net neutrality,” which is 100% entirely about how ISPs process internet traffic, and not about the services being used within that traffic.

      Unless I missed the memo, and “net neutrality” means something different now.