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the entirety of U.S. telecom history involves dems taking 20 years to implement basic consumer protections only for them to be immediately destroyed by a broad coalition of Republicans, telecom monopolies, and "free market" libertarian think tank guys telling you how wonderful this will all be

arstechnica.comISPs' long nightmare of having to list all the fees they charge is finally overFCC lets ISPs stop listing all fees after companies complained it was too hard.

23/7/26, 4:34 pm109 reposts302 likes

Karl Bode

@karlbode.com

23 July

I could easily write massive books on this subject nobody would read; and entire chapters would be dedicated to making fun of libertarian free market think tank assholes covertly paid under the table to help companies pretend that unchecked corporate power is an innovative miracle

Karl Bode

@karlbode.com

23 July

a lot of these libertarian free market think tank guys have pivoted under Trumpism to oppose him on free speech grounds, hoping you'll ignore that they 100% align with Trump on disemboweling the regulatory state, and are directly responsible for decades of related horrors to come