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[–] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 83 points 7 months ago (2 children)

“heavy-handed regulation will not just hobble network investment and innovation, it will also seriously jeopardize our nation’s collective efforts to build and sustain reliable broadband in rural and unserved communities”

They said exactly the same thing when the first net neutrality laws were getting put in place, then after the laws went into effect the companies went on to invest record amounts in innovation and infrastructure. Funny how their words are completely meaningless.

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 37 points 7 months ago

Yaknow what does hobble investment and innovation?

It rhymes with “shmonopolies”.

[–] tabular@lemmy.world 20 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

"Innovation" just means ways to milk people these days .

[–] just_change_it@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

Innovation is part of the executive buzzword bingo board for all announcements.

It doesn't actually mean anything to these people. The only thing that has weight is what will enrich the wealth of the ownership class (shareholders.)

[–] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 5 points 7 months ago

You mean like "innovating" faster connections speeds that they've been withholding from us for decades, but can suddenly flip a switch and advertise faster speeds when another provider competes with them? Yeah, I wouldn't know anything about that... ;-)