People feel strongly, but politicians will decide

There are all these people who are up in arms in support of net neutrality and are calling it the end of the internet. First of all, how did people presume that the internet was completely open in the first place? What gives you the idea that the information you were receiving wasn’t controlled at some level, and you weren’t being offered a special buffet? Censorship, or control, has already been happening. Google is a perfect example of that. When you search for something, you get results that are based on algorithms designed by Google and it chooses to show you results that it feels are more relevant. Google has been sued for manually removing websites off of its search results.

I agree in principle with net neutrality – no company or person has the right to decide what I may find fit to watch. It is my right and I need to know what all is available.

But if you look at the other side of the argument, you already have algorithms deciding what content is more relevant to you and it is making your experience better. It is basing the selection on relevant user activity. Then, if companies pay more to enhance your experience based on mathematical calculations, would it really be that bad?

The other aspect is political – will the net neutrality clause be revoked? People feel very strongly about this but then the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) isn’t really controlled by the average person. Normally, I would believe that people’s protests would make a difference but recently the American political climate has been very unpredictable. So, who knows – net neutrality might just get revoked. From Mr Huzaifa Shabbir Kalimi Tech enthusiast and businessman living in Al Ain