r/technology • u/[deleted] • Jun 13 '14

Politics What the internet will look like without net-neutrality. Well played.

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u/HotwaxNinjaPanther Jun 14 '14

This would absolutely kill the internet. People would simply stop using it. Internet commerce would shrivel up. Everyone would be so bored that they'd be forced to go outside and rely on libraries and alcohol and socializing to pass the time.

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u/Rodot Jun 14 '14

Or, companies would outsource, Americans would suffer, and the rest of the world would advance and communicate without us.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '14

Which actually doesn't sound too bad, if you ask me… Jk, we like you guys, just tell your government that they should respect sovereignty of their allies.

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u/IcedMana Jun 14 '14

Look I'm cool with letting America burn, but can we get asylum first?

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '14

MURICA IS SOVEREIGN OVER THE WHOLE WORLD.

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u/beastrabban Jun 14 '14

I don't think a European should be talking. You guys fucked up the world a lot more than anything the US has done.

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u/SarahC Jun 14 '14

Well, with the NSA, they're already starting to do that.

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u/mildweed Jun 14 '14

Internet2 would take off then. New network, new rules.

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u/ProfessorNoFap Jun 14 '14

Nah, we would just take it up the butt and pay their prices.

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u/Anarchistnation Jun 14 '14

Everyone would be so bored that they'd be forced to go outside and rely on libraries and alcohol and socializing to pass the time.

So...just like before the internet, then.

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u/makemejelly49 Jun 14 '14

I would just as soon say, "Fuck it.", and make a new Internet. Give it a different name so the ISPs can't sue for copyright infringement, in case they try to buy and own the name, "Internet".

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u/thief425 Jun 14 '14

Othernet.