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Federal appeals court strikes down Biden net neutrality rules (thehill.com)

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[–] PaddleMaster 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This is crap. The internet should be a utility. Not taking in account that people can’t really function without being online (banking, school, health records, other basic services). How much internet infrastructure is funded on the tax payers dime? Do we get a refund?

[–] sxan@midwest.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

Being a utility doesn't help. Pubes successfully got California's electrical system privatized a decade or so ago, and it's been an utter shit show for customers since. Texas's is also privatized, and we see every year how awful that is.

I am not a socialist, but there are things I think should be socialized; internet is among them. Anything that's infrastructure.

But in the US, being a utility doesn't prevent it being a monopoly. It only allows it to be the worst form of monopoly, a for-profit cash cow that's supported by tax dollars.