7 Netflix and Alphabet will need to become ISPs, fast techcrunch.com Submitted by ziq at June 13, 2018 at 4:42 PM in Tech 11 comments
2 selver wrote at June 13, 2018 at 9:52 PM Hadn't heard about any of this. That merger is ridiculous. Think they'll be throttling torrenting? That's all that really matters. Reply Permalink 0 ziq wrote at June 13, 2018 at 10:02 PM Netflix has been killing torrents. So hard to find seeds nowadays because everyone just uses netflix. Reply PermalinkParent 2 selver wrote at June 13, 2018 at 10:50 PM Eh, I have no problem with the private trackers I use, even for real obscure movies. PassThePopcorn & IPtorrents. Netflix is shit, it rarely has what I'm looking for. Reply PermalinkParent 0 ziq wrote at June 14, 2018 at 4:18 AM I only have 3g internet at home so I can't use private trackers. Maintaining a ratio would cause me to hit my cap in no time. Reply PermalinkParent
0 ziq wrote at June 13, 2018 at 10:02 PM Netflix has been killing torrents. So hard to find seeds nowadays because everyone just uses netflix. Reply PermalinkParent 2 selver wrote at June 13, 2018 at 10:50 PM Eh, I have no problem with the private trackers I use, even for real obscure movies. PassThePopcorn & IPtorrents. Netflix is shit, it rarely has what I'm looking for. Reply PermalinkParent 0 ziq wrote at June 14, 2018 at 4:18 AM I only have 3g internet at home so I can't use private trackers. Maintaining a ratio would cause me to hit my cap in no time. Reply PermalinkParent
2 selver wrote at June 13, 2018 at 10:50 PM Eh, I have no problem with the private trackers I use, even for real obscure movies. PassThePopcorn & IPtorrents. Netflix is shit, it rarely has what I'm looking for. Reply PermalinkParent 0 ziq wrote at June 14, 2018 at 4:18 AM I only have 3g internet at home so I can't use private trackers. Maintaining a ratio would cause me to hit my cap in no time. Reply PermalinkParent
0 ziq wrote at June 14, 2018 at 4:18 AM I only have 3g internet at home so I can't use private trackers. Maintaining a ratio would cause me to hit my cap in no time. Reply PermalinkParent
2 ziq wrote at June 13, 2018 at 5:05 PM (edited at June 13, 2018 at 5:05 PM) them getting into the isp businesses would probably be even worse because then they'll really have a monopoly and will be able to promote their own product and diminish others the way they do on their sites now. Reply Permalink
2 edmund_the_destroyer wrote at June 13, 2018 at 5:04 PM Lincoln was wrong about the US. We have government of the oligarchs, by the oligarchs, for the oligarchs. Reply Permalink 1 ziq wrote at June 13, 2018 at 5:08 PM also, politicians (before they end their terms and also become an oligarch). Reply PermalinkParent
1 ziq wrote at June 13, 2018 at 5:08 PM also, politicians (before they end their terms and also become an oligarch). Reply PermalinkParent
2 ergdj5 wrote at June 13, 2018 at 4:59 PM Isn't Alphabet already one, or am I mistaken? Reply Permalink 3 edmund_the_destroyer wrote at June 13, 2018 at 5:09 PM It's only available in 9 cities and all expansion of it was halted in October 2016. Reply PermalinkParent 2 ziq wrote at June 13, 2018 at 5:03 PM they have like an experimental fiber network in the US I think? Reply PermalinkParent 1 ergdj5 wrote at June 13, 2018 at 5:07 PM Ah, alright. I thought it had grown by now. Reply PermalinkParent
3 edmund_the_destroyer wrote at June 13, 2018 at 5:09 PM It's only available in 9 cities and all expansion of it was halted in October 2016. Reply PermalinkParent
2 ziq wrote at June 13, 2018 at 5:03 PM they have like an experimental fiber network in the US I think? Reply PermalinkParent 1 ergdj5 wrote at June 13, 2018 at 5:07 PM Ah, alright. I thought it had grown by now. Reply PermalinkParent
1 ergdj5 wrote at June 13, 2018 at 5:07 PM Ah, alright. I thought it had grown by now. Reply PermalinkParent
selver wrote
Hadn't heard about any of this. That merger is ridiculous.
Think they'll be throttling torrenting? That's all that really matters.
ziq wrote
Netflix has been killing torrents. So hard to find seeds nowadays because everyone just uses netflix.
selver wrote
Eh, I have no problem with the private trackers I use, even for real obscure movies. PassThePopcorn & IPtorrents.
Netflix is shit, it rarely has what I'm looking for.
ziq wrote
I only have 3g internet at home so I can't use private trackers. Maintaining a ratio would cause me to hit my cap in no time.
ziq wrote (edited )
them getting into the isp businesses would probably be even worse because then they'll really have a monopoly and will be able to promote their own product and diminish others the way they do on their sites now.
edmund_the_destroyer wrote
Lincoln was wrong about the US. We have government of the oligarchs, by the oligarchs, for the oligarchs.
ziq wrote
also, politicians (before they end their terms and also become an oligarch).
ergdj5 wrote
Isn't Alphabet already one, or am I mistaken?
edmund_the_destroyer wrote
It's only available in 9 cities and all expansion of it was halted in October 2016.
ziq wrote
they have like an experimental fiber network in the US I think?
ergdj5 wrote
Ah, alright. I thought it had grown by now.