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Incredible work here by Nilay to expose more telco hypocrisy.

nilay patel@reckless.bsky.social

I really enjoyed talking to Verizon consumer CEO Sowmyanarayan Sampath — telecom CEOs do not usually want to talk to me! — but this answer about fighting net neutrality vs fighting Trump and Carr on open censorship sent me reeling www.theverge.com/decoder-podc...

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"Well you see, with net neutrality it was cheaper to pay lawyers and file lawsuits than it was to follow the law long term. Shareholders anticipate minimal loss of revenue and minimal costs associated with our current boot licking policy, and Mr Carr really likes the look of a clean boot."