> In the EU there are similar offers for "enhanced" access, but its not speeding up/slowing down apps, but giving "free" access, as in not counting to your data cap.
They do that because speeding up/slowing down apps is illegal and they are using loopholes in the law to get around that.
Why do these have to be in contention?
Regulations are a critical factor in ensuring competition in markets. Without regulations monopolies quickly come to power because your power and influence is not linearly (or sublinearly) correlated to your size (even excluding lobbying power). A free market is a ,,well'' regulated market. A laissez-faire market is only free in passing.
I never claimed. I simply pointed out that claiming something illegal is not being done by corporations due to increased competition is inherently a BS argument. It's not being done because it's illegal irrespective of the competitive landscape.
I for one, would rather not rely on the assumption of magic.
We know what we want and it's achievable directly. Let's not Rube Goldberg it.