FCC decides 1Gbps is too fast, standard must be "technologically neutral."

Gigabit goal “prejudicial” to satellite and wireless

Ah, so money changed hands. Got it.

  • Eh-I@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    My dad got grumpy when I told him I used an app to do my laundry instead of a sack of quarters. Then he got real grumpy when I explained it was better in every. single. way.

    This is that, in policy form. (EDIT: This is the important part, not how I do my laundry)

    • SalmonTractor@discuss.tchncs.de
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      3 months ago

      The downside to the app, is 40 or 50 companies and several government agencies now know how much you spend, how much laundry you do, what cycles you chose, what laundromat and what time, and many other downstream metrics, inferred or otherwise.

      Quarters don’t snitch.

      • Eh-I@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        3 months ago

        If Tide wants to know when I do my laundry and the settings I use for the trade-off, fine. I accepted that, literally a button I pressed said ACCEPT.

        But eleven quarters per load? Fuck me.

        Quarters don’t snitch

        I’d buy that T-shirt

        • bedwyr@piefed.caEnglish
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          3 months ago

          While it might not be apparent when our seemingly unimportant information ends up in the hands of data brokers, it is actually very damaging.

          Information is power, and silicon valley and the data brokers have too much of it. Don’t surrender your information if you can help it, there is a reason the world went to shit, and complete informational awareness of our rulers is a very big part of that.