Day 133:
Fuck Netflix:
As most already know Trump’s Razor is “think of the worst possible thing, then do it.” His newly appointed head of the FCC Ajit Pai wants to get rid of net neutrality. Which means that sites that can pay the most, get the best service. Basically unless you are a huge company, you wont be able to start and run your own website anymore. So your googles, facebooks, etc will be fine, but you want to start a business? You want to run a blog? You want to run for office? Your website will load slow as fuck and no one will want to go to it unless you pay the bribes to comcast.
And now Netflix, the fun awesome content company that encourages you to sit inside and waste your life away, has told the rest of the internet “I got mine, so fuck all yall!”
While Netflix has been a vocal proponent of the rules in the past, CEO Reed Hastings said it isn’t his company’s fight anymore.
“We’re big enough to get the deals we want,” he said during Recode’s Code Conference on Wednesday.
Netflix once stood alongside internet giants like Google, consumer advocates and Democrats in pushing for harder rules that ensured internet providers treated traffic equally.
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One concern over prioritizing traffic was the idea that smaller players wouldn’t be able to compete against larger companies who could afford priority access. That’s no longer the case with Netflix, which is one of the largest drivers of video traffic on the internet.
It’s an issue that would have been more important to “the Netflix of 10 years ago,” he said.
(via)
This is a tacit admission that if netflix had been a startup this would have killed them, but now that they are on top they are more than happy to have all the competition strangled in its crib. Capitalism! This company only exists because there was a free and open internet when they got started, but now that they are in a position of power they are more than happy to allow the rules to be changed to keep them on top forever. They climbed to the top of the ladder built with our tax dollars, and once at the top set the damn thing on fire so no one could follow.
This is what an oligarchy looks like, this is how it forms, and this is how it solidifies its power. Business and government ridding along in the same cart, rolling over anyone who gets in the way.
If you have a subscription to netflix I suggest you cancel it. Maybe once they are a little guy again they will care about fair play.
Further reading:
Trump Exempts Entire Senior Staff From White House Ethics Rules
Trump administration moves to return Russian compounds in Maryland and New York
Thanks to Trump, the U.S. now has a more backwards stance on climate change than North Korea. They signed on to the #ParisAgreement today. https://t.co/riVs63qNI0
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) May 31, 2017
Sources: Congress investigating another possible Sessions-Kislyak meeting
Dem: Sessions, Kislyak story may be ‘big time perjury’
Trump White House Plans To Eliminate Birth Control Coverage For Millions Of American Women
Trump Will Roll Back Obamacare Birth Control Mandate For All Employers
Trump has reportedly decided to withdraw from the Paris climate deal
Trump-Russia: Devin Nunes subpoenaed CIA, FBI, NSA without telling Democrats
Seven subpoenas issued in House Russia probe: report
Trump called Roger Stone after firing Comey
Comey to testify publicly about Trump confrontations
Romney urges Trump to support Paris climate deal (just sink your teeth into that irony burger)
New York mayor: City will uphold Paris climate agreement if Trump doesn’t
Pro-Paris agreement protest planned outside the White House Thursday
A driver’s license in D.C. will soon come with a perk: automatic voter registration
More People Support Impeaching President Trump, Poll Finds
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