@Michael M,
your ignorance is spreading misinformation. Learn what you're writing about or stay out of it.
The fact that you think you understand this better than one of the largest tech companies in the world (
GoDaddy) is preposterous. You don't have a clue what you are writing about, and I'll tell you why.
Your primary argument is that if an internet service provider (ISP) does something deplorable, then consumers will unite together and abandon ship! While this may sound plausible in your fantasy world, it lacks reality.
The greater part of America does not get to choose their ISP.
In rural areas, there is seldom more than a single choice: satellite. Consumers rarely have the luxury of abundance and choice, and when they do, their financial means tend to restrain them to a single provider.
In cities, most consumers are beholden to property owners who make those decisions, generally based wholly on profits without regard for the consumer. I have rented places all over (as do
~31.8% of Americans in 2017) and experienced this firsthand. Want to change your ISP?
Too bad; it's not an option. Want to move somewhere else? That's
too expensive and impractical for the majority of Americans.
The remaining few who would take the time and money, and have the capability, to switch providers
would not be enough to offset the profits those companies were making from controlling the internet in their favor.
To make it more impossible,
every major ISP would be doing it. If not right away, then absolutely as soon as they were attacked by one of their competitors. The only uncorrupted choices left would be smaller ISPs, which aren't available everywhere.
Yes,
net neutrality protects the less fortunate more than it does the wealthy, which you seem to represent. Stop misrepresenting the issue or take a hike.
Minds far greater than yours have already weighed the pros and cons, and your attempts to undermine and insult their intelligence is deplorable.
If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.
