Caminsky@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Twitter/X new ID Verification - First LookEnglish
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1 year agoI swear the God. It feels like Musk gets in a room to concoct how they can make their company shittier.
“Elon, how about if we make the app more appealing to a wider audience by moderating hate content?”
“No, but what about if we get rid of the reason why it’s valuable, we rename it to a shitty name, we allow more hate and then we demand people to provide IDs?”
“Umm, sure…”
I think this is why net neutrality is so important. Back in the days the electromagnetic spectrum was not as heavily regulated as it is now. Technically anyone with the technical know how could set up a broadcasting station. Then CBS, ABC, NBC all got together and did exactly what these companies are doing. They banded together to make it harder for the average person to get access to technology. This is their primariy goal. To give their companies priority at the network level (seconds matter) and also, most likely what they want is to 1. Find ways for their content to be regulated differently and be sold as network packages 2. Probably allow their content to be delivered through means that require people pay THEIR ISPs. Now, i will be honest. I have not read the article but i knlw this has been the intended goal for many years.