>>Facebook wants to pay for some bits by attaching the economic value of future customer, and that is fundamentally a justified thing.
Facebook realizes there is very little value they can add to whatever they have done so far. So now the only way to be safe from competition is to create a monopoly and prevent others from even getting a chance from competing with them.
>>People on HN are hell bent on claiming that somehow this is a bad thing
It is.
>>for most people this makes their lives better.
Its the first step these companies take before they start charging for VoIP calls.
>>I'm surprised that TRAI (an organization which should be gotten rid of completely according to me) caved in to Net Neutrality proponents.
I'm only surprised it took them this late, after this much activism.
Facebook realizes there is very little value they can add to whatever they have done so far. So now the only way to be safe from competition is to create a monopoly and prevent others from even getting a chance from competing with them.
>>People on HN are hell bent on claiming that somehow this is a bad thing
It is.
>>for most people this makes their lives better.
Its the first step these companies take before they start charging for VoIP calls.
>>I'm surprised that TRAI (an organization which should be gotten rid of completely according to me) caved in to Net Neutrality proponents.
I'm only surprised it took them this late, after this much activism.