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There is a pretty big difference between a charitable non-profit organization and a proprietary music streaming service.



See guelo's comment ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13767782 )

Just because Wikimedia is not seeking profits or even looking to somehow "stay ahead" with this deal, that doesn't mean it isn't against neutrality.


Sure, but the barrier for the ISP to allowing the same thing for a proprietary music streaming service has been lowered.

This is, apart from the utility that it brings, advertisement for the operator:

> Wikimedia recognizes the user is on that operator's network and serves a banner on the top of the page indicating free data courtesy of their mobile operator, which reinforces a positive brand experience for the operator. [0]

It's not inconceivable that the ISP would do similar deals with $music_streaming_service. Maybe for some payment.

[0] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero




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