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> I don't want to be the asshole who is making a shit experience for all of my neighbors, but at the same time, I pay for unlimited

What is it about the word “unlimited” that turns technology-minded people into lawyers? Anyone on HN knows that network pipes are inherently shared, somewhere. I’ve got a 10 gig Comcast fiber and I can’t download at 10 gig from Google Drive because there’s a maxed out pipe somewhere.

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Believe it or not most people don’t like being sold a bill of goods.

It’s not our fault these technology companies (and others) have managed to capture the legal system to the point they can redefine words to mean the exact opposite of what they’ve always meant by trick of “terms of service” or some fine print printed on the bottom of a refrigerator in the basement somewhere.

> Anyone on HN knows that network pipes are inherently shared, somewhere.

So? The end users aren't the ones with the power to enforce QoS policies on that contended link.

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