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US Broadband Monopolies Once Again Push Idea That Tech Giants Should Pay Them Billions For No Reason (www.techdirt.com)

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We’ve noted several times how European telecom giants have somehow convinced European policymakers that technology giants like Netflix and Google should annually give them billions of dollars… for no coherent reason. The proposal is dressed up to sound like a sensible adult policy aimed at shoring up broadband access to the downtrodden. In reality it’s net…

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It's not at all capitalism. ISPs are a regulated monopoly. If it were capitalism there'd be a choice.

Try starting your own ISP, the government in your towb wont let you. At most this is crony capitalism.