Free Facebook illegal in India too - Galaxy 92 #65

To Facebook has invested a lot of money and a lot of time to offer free access to its website.

After the ban of the internet.org in Egypt, followed by the ban in India.

If someone offers free access to only one part of the internet, it can "shape" the habits of users.

The argument of Facebook is that it offers internet access to people who cannot afford to pay.

Facebook is right, but it breaks a basic rule of the internet.

No provider can offer data services at different costs depending on the content.

The majority of users in India are against the abolition of the Facebook Basics.

Of course, many users in India believe that Facebook is the internet.

Free access to just one part of the internet can create a dangerous monopoly.

For example, Facebook Basics also includes the BBC. But if someone wants to have an alternative free update option, it simply doesn't exist.

The big companies are not at risk. Many of them can afford to pay the data providers and offer free access to users.

Smaller businesses and individuals who have websites but cannot afford the cost of free internet access.

This would create a two-tier internet to begin with and then things would get even worse.

A small part of the internet would be free for everyone. While the rest would be hidden behind a wall of high costs.

Providers would have no problem offering full internet access in bundles and at extra cost. In other words, the way pay channels work today.

If the Facebook or any other company that wants to offer internet access to those who can't afford it, let them offer free access to the whole internet, not just their own networks.

from jericho