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SaltySalamander@fedia.io 2 months agoAt that point is where mine and your opinion diverge. In what sustainable business does one sell more of anything than they can maintain responsibility over?
What they're talking about is the mobile provider overselling service. Because they know that for the vast majority of the time, everyone isn't going to be demanding huge amounts of bandwidth all at the same time. Cable/GPON fiber ISPs do the same thing.
BallsandBayonets@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Doesn’t change anything. If I go to a sandwich shop that advertises sandwiches with meat, but I go during the lunch rush, they don’t get to sell me two slices of plain bread just because it’s busy. Even if their advertising includes in microscopic text the words “up to”.
And the legality of these practices is irrelevant. We’re making the argument that it’s morally wrong and therefore should not be tolerated.
stembolts@programming.dev 2 months ago
Good addition, I guess I am making a moral argument. I was coming at it from an ethics POV but yeah. Also good sandwich analogy.