Comment on YouTube is deliberately crippling Firefox on ARM systems

• Zunon@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  yes it does, net neutrality not only has to do with the ISP but also the services. different useragent string should NOT lead to a worse quality of service.

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  • vithigar@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Right, but your service provider has nothing to do with that difference. The fact that the entity you’re contacting on the other end of the connection is providing a degraded experience isn’t an internet service delivery problem.

    Your internet service, which is what net neutrality is concerned with, is distinct from services on the internet. In the same way that your phone service has nothing to do with the quality of service you get from HP’s telephone support line.

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    • ag10n@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨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?

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      • vonbaronhans@midwest.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨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.

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      • prole@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨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.

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      • vithigar@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨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.

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      • elbarto777@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨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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  • elbarto777@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Got any source on that? I’m legitimately asking to learn more about that.

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    • SendMePhotos@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      “feelings” bro

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  • Natanael@slrpnk.net ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It doesn’t, that’s FTC / anticompetitive law territory

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• prole@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Hmmm, not sure why people are downvoting… Maybe these days people are using the term “net neutrality” in a broader sense to just mean equitable access, rather than the specific meaning that’s been used in the past to refer to ISP behavior and giving preference based on how much is paid.

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• KonalaKoala@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Well, you might want to look at the Wikipedia article on Net Neutrality to see whether or not you are being schooled on it.

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  • elbarto777@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    In that case I’m right. Thanks. I thought my memory was pulling a fast one on me.

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