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YouTube is deliberately crippling Firefox on ARM systems (social.treehouse.systems)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 11 points 2 years ago (4 children)

The web is based on open standards; that’s what made it universally accessible. How does limiting access based on how you access the web benefit anyone?

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Nobody is defending the practice, they're just differentiating it from what we've previously referred to as "net neutrality," which is 100% entirely about how ISPs process internet traffic, and not about the services being used within that traffic.

    Unless I missed the memo, and "net neutrality" means something different now.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Since Google is both the service provider for the client browser and also provides last-mile internet services; they would fit the definition of a supposed neutral ISP but also neutral for applications and services further up the OSI stack.

    Net neutrality is not just a service provider concept but has been viewed this way in the cases service providers have tried to game the system. It also encompasses the concept of an open internet; the neutrality of data is data and presentation, or lack of to the client is defined by open standards, not the desires of any one party.

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