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FCC explicitly prohibits fast lanes, closing possible net neutrality loophole (arstechnica.com)
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

They’ve been cracking down on password sharing to increase subscriber count, and began selling ads which are based on the number of active subscribers. The streaming traffic went up so much during the pandemic that ISPs “generously” relaxed data limits and streaming services still needed to throttle bandwidth by reducing quality. They’ve been making profits as well as ISPs.