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Use the "Removal of Net Neutrality Simulator" to Experience an Internet Without Net Neutrality

posted by martyb on Monday June 05 2017, @12:29AM   Printer-friendly
from the for-those-doubting-thomases-among-your-acquaintences dept.

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The "Removal of Net Neutrality Simulator" is a new Google Chrome browser extension [1] created by the good activists at Keep Our Net Free for education and awareness purposes. [It] simulates an online world without net neutrality (NN) where internet service providers (ISPs) control and squeeze your internet browsing experience for extra profit. The extension's functionality and stated goals are simple:

To demonstrate the impact of removing Net Neutrality, this extension slows your internet connection and blocks several websites.

All it takes is a few minutes of using the Internet with the "Removal of Net Neutrality Simulator" to get a clear grasp of why consumers deserve net neutrality. The creators of the dystopian simulator explained:

This extension shows you what the ramifications of this decision would be by slowing all websites except for "sponsored sites", and blocking content those sites' competitors' websites.

[1] All content is behind scripts.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 05 2017, @07:38PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 05 2017, @07:38PM (#520930)

    [Buy] [...] stock

    You will then own a piece of paper.
    The majority stockholders (billionaires) will then vote as a bloc, outvote you, and show how worthless your piece of paper is.

    If socialism is to work, it must be built atop capitalism

    Nitwits who can't think outside the box of Capitalism have no place in this discussion.
    Socialism is DEMOCRACY EVERYWHERE, One worker==One vote; Capitalism is Oligarchy.
    Socialism is the OPPOSITE of Capitalism.
    If you don't get that, you are too ignorant to have an opinion that counts.
    Keep working for The Man and keep making him richer while he continues to make you poorer.

    ...and the word you're looking for is ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
    That can be done without idle, non-producing Capitalists.
    The thousands of examples of Socialist workplaces across the globe are the evidence.
    In your profound ignorance, however, you aren't aware of those.

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