I remember people flipping out about it a few years ago and tried looking into it, but I was still confused on what it actually is. I recently heard the term come up again while watching an older video on YouTube and was hoping someone could simplify it
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Net neutrality means the netwerk operator, between the source and the destination of the traffic, remains neutral and doesn’t manipulate the traffic itself, nor handles it differently.
Common things internet providers (ISPs) do that are **not** neutral:
* Make certain traffic slower and other traffic faster.
* Make certain traffic not count against your bandwidth limit. Often in favor of websites they’ve partnered with.
* Make certain content unavailable to you.
* In the old days, when not everything was encrypted: Replace ads on websites by their own ads.
If net neutrality is not enforced by regulations, ISP will basically able to perform blackmail:
– To popular websites: We will throtle your speed untill you pay.
– To users: You can only access this website with the premium subscription.
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