The battle for Net Neutrality is back in action, I can't do much cus I'm not an American but a lot of you guys definitely can:

[Objective]

Originally Posted by $chein Dolla $ign

I don't support it but there isn't much we can do imo. Those dudes voting are all makijg money off of it so what do they care if we voice concern. Maybe not though.

My eggs are in the basket of companies not playing along

Netflix and Google to name 2 giants have said they are against it so might not negotiate contracts?

Google would definitely jump on this shit given the opportunity, they're just saying whatever to stay in a great light for PR if we take into account all the other shit they've done with NSA, monitoring behavior and selling data to third parties and other anti-privacy shit they've taken part in and other money grabbing opportunities (just look at Youtube). I got more faith in Netflix being real about it to be honest.

Anyways, you can definitely do something. Just sign that shit, the massive online protests and so on is what has shut it down in the past. The more people that joins every time this comes up the more they can't ignore it.

[Finnydot]

Originally Posted by Objective

Google would definitely jump on this shit given the opportunity, they're just saying whatever to stay in a great light for PR if we take into account all the other shit they've done with NSA, monitoring behavior and selling data to third parties and other anti-privacy shit they've taken part in and other money grabbing opportunities (just look at Youtube). I got more faith in Netflix being real about it to be honest.

Anyways, you can definitely do something. Just sign that shit, the massive online protests and so on is what has shut it down in the past. The more people that joins every time this comes up the more they can't ignore it.

It's been well documented that the Google cooperating with the NSA and other agencies were not really their choice. Google has so much learning technology, what you browse, what you buy, where you go, they had already started these databases when the 3 letter agencies stepped in.

Whereas, the Microsoft aspect and the Xbone and Kinect 2.0 were different. That was something they offered.

Believe it or not the people who run Google are some of the most transparent and as good and well meaning ownership in almost all fortune 500 companies. Yes, they want to increase margins and government contracts help a ton I'm sure. But it's not like they had much choice.

[Objective]

Originally Posted by Infinity Tha rellik

Believe it or not the people who run Google are some of the most transparent and as good and well meaning ownership in almost all fortune 500 companies. Yes, they want to increase margins and government contracts help a ton I'm sure. But it's not like they had much choice.

They could fight it, take it to court and whatnot. Even if they'd lose it'd still have an impact on what a huge corporations stance on this matter truly is and be a role model for other companies out there. They did nothing because they'd lose $$$ on a case they don't really have to take part in. They might be well meaning here and there but it's most for show unless they actually try to do something when it comes to privacy. They don't get off that easy in my book, fuck them.

You still bring up a good point worth debating though, +rep on that. Going to read a little bit more into this so I'm sure I ain't fucking up with what I said above. The least you can do is signing the petition, the least I can do is informing others. As long as this shit don't go through I'm happy.