Netflix tries to explain its apparent sudden flip-flop on net neutrality

They are the #1 player, they can afford to pay data-cap exemption and squash competition now. The top dog always wants barriers to entry after they thrived on not having them.

Pull quote is literally the last paragraph of the article:

> So is Wells really displeased about Title II? Insofar as he wasn't able to get his ideal outcome (industry self-regulation), sure. But that probably doesn't mean Netflix is somehow opposed to Title II now.

The inevitable buzzfeedification of non-paywalled journalism.

Netflix just didn't want to pay more money to ISPs. It didn't want the extra regulations that would come with giving the FCC more power over the internet.