Article - Facebook, Instagram and Twitter are killing the web

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/dec/29/irans-blogfather-facebook-instagram-and-twitter-are-killing-the-web

Good read above - underscores the fact that these are early days of the web
in the sense that it is early to give any one entity too much power by
preferential
peering that makes it difficult for other startups to rise. The current
crop of
startups may not be the best for a population, the further one looks down
the horizon.

This is not just about net neutrality (of course).
Even if you agree with a preferential network web for technical reasons
such as QoS, or a pet theory of socialism being the root of all evil, there
is no reason to support tying net access to what is essentially a single
data hungry app.

One way to think of this issue is in analogy with another media such as a
radio channel.  A company is making the following offer: you will get
access to
my cool channel (free information! ain't I generous ?), while I get
exclusive access to find out all private details about you and serve you
targetted ads. No other channels for you. Even if you decide to opt out of
the deal, I'll keep information collected about you indefinitely. I also
don't pay for the radio spectrum - people who have access to non-exclusive
channels will pay your cost to the telecom providers for you.

Makes sense ? Not to me - at minimum the cost of the spectrum (network) has
to be borne by this exclusive broadcaster, else it has successfully
externalized its costs and risks and gained exclusive subscriber access
without paying any of the significant costs involved.

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