kerpow

I've never seen a more impressive piece of tech that I want the least.

Vapid feature. 

badmonk said:

I just moved to an urban adjacent neighborhood and I enquired about fiberoptic internet.  None was available.  I only had the choice of an adequate internet service with Comcast or shitty DSL with AT&T.  To get adequate speed on Comcast, they forced me to accept a bundle I did not want or need.

For those of you that oppose NN for your idealism of true markets, come down to the real world.

You're not forced to accept a bundled package from Comcast. You can opt for Internet only and choose the speed you want to pay for. You can get somewhat better prices if you bundle services, but you are not forced to do so. 

https://www.cabletv.com/xfinity/internet

Oh those poor executives at Apple. Having to settle for millions instead of billions. My heart aches for them.

Good news! No matter how scary you want to pretend things will be without this smoke screen of "protection", the last thing the Internet needs is government regulation. If any of the doomsday scenarios that have you chicken littles quaking in your boots actually happen, the free market will sort it out and punish the company stupid enough to try them. Everything will be fine.