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FCC explicitly prohibits fast lanes, closing possible net neutrality loophole (arstechnica.com)

submitted 6 months ago by mox@lemmy.sdf.org to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

No. It really isn't. If that were the case, the streaming services wouldn't actually be making a lot more money. Netflix market cap has gone up by $120,000,000,000 over the last 5 years, for instance.

Stop making up false excuses for simple greed. Streaming services are just after as much money as they can get from you.

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 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.