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ISPs (Comcast, ugh!) have monopolies in a ton of areas in the states. Block YouTube and it'll lose 80% of it's traffic overnight, not the other way around.

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The article was about Europe AFAIK, which is certainly far more diverse in ISP offerings.

In the UK you have a choice from a few hundred ISPs, so there is no real monopoly here.

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