Comments by "Harry Mills" (@harrymills2770) on "Breaking: “Save The Internet Act” Passes In House" video.

  1. In the beginning of the 20th Century, the "Net Neutrality" thing was "Fairness Doctrine." This was to ensure that the major networks were objectively reporting facts. We all know, in hindsight, that it was used to sell us some HUGE LIES. Be careful what you ask for.
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  2. It's tough to drill down to the hard-core facts on this one. When we regulate Google and other Big Tech like utilities, and ACCEPT that they are monopolies, we end up cementing them in the position of BEING monopolies. Google WANTS net neutrality, and if they get it, does that mean they become and remain THE dominant platform? If so, are you sure you LIKE the way they censor and de-monetize? And if you don't like how they control who gets a platform and who doesn't, does that mean that the NEXT step is putting unelected bureaucrats in the FCC in charge of how they operate? We're only NOW getting out from under the "Fairness Doctrine" that turned the news we got for about 100 years into nothing more than government and corporate propaganda? Do you really trust those same people to NOT eventually do the same sanitization of the Internet, by locking-in Google on top, and Verizon and AT&T as monopolies? Maybe you don't like the idea of pricing according to the bandwidth consumed. But maybe if it's all guaranteed to be the same for everybody, then all incentive to push more data through the pipe than is currently be pushed will be removed. It sounds good, but I think maybe the American public is being sold a bill of goods that won't come due until the Internet is as shitty as the legacy media (NBC, CBS, NBC for most of the past century, with a little more when cable hit, and a LOT more when the Internet hit, finally exposing some of the lies that were universally reported as truth on a small number of highly centralized and highly controlled media outlets) Remember the explosion in innovation and choice, when they finally broke up AT&T? When they finally de-regulated, and suddenly other companies were able to compete? Maybe Net Neutrality will be the reason that most of us NEVER get fiber-optic Internet, because there's no incentive to put it in. They'll fool us into thinking that the government-regulated "utility" we have is in our best interest, while we fuck ourselves up the ass on what we MIGHT get if the 2-tiered system incentivized competition. Maybe instead of whining about better treatment from the local monopoly, you should leave the door open to new competition. When you use government to insulate the market from the real cost of ANY product or service, people always end up paying more for less in the long run. Sounds good. Might be shitty. And all in the name of fairness, the same way that "fairness" turns out cities into shitholes.
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  3. Because you KNOW Big Tech will lobby the Congress and end up dominating the writing of the regulations in the FCC. That's how it always works. They make us afraid of big corporations, which makes us vote for regulating the big corporations, which puts the big corporations in control, because they can then spend a few millions (or many millions) of dollars influencing the decision-makers in Congress and - in this case - the FCC. Do you hate Trump? Then do you want HIS people to hold that big club? Is YOUR guy always the guy in power? Maybe when it's Obama or Sanders in the White House, you think it's a wonderful idea, but you're putting WAY too much trust in the hands of a small number of people, who next year might NOT (probably won't) have YOUR interests at heart. That's how the machine works. That's how fear works. That's why I pity progressives and fear progressives.
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  4. The best armor against abuse by the powerful is a SIMPLE rule set, vigilance, and free speech. Open communications. You might be closing down the open communications piece of it, without even realizing it.
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