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Don't take this risk!

🕑 Added 2017-12-14 14:54:21 +0000 UTC

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Those alternatives are under attack quite a bit. Gab, for instance, was nearly shut down thanks in part to Google. But, you must realize that we've only had net neutrality for two years. Prior to 2015 we never faced issues like the ones you fear. Why expect it to be different now? Obama's net neutrality didn't even change much about what ISPs are not allowed to get away with. Correction: There were no specific rules prior to 2015, but the rules that were implemented didn't have any significant impact. Meaning, they're useless anyway and weren't the primary means of defense against the actions you fear. There is still nothing to fear from this decision. ISPs won't be allowed to throttle your internet, or others, net neutrality wasn't the thing preventing them from doing that.

Mircea Kitsune

Youtube and Twitter and Facebook have alternatives, people can build other options to those. With ISP's it's harder, especially when in many parts of America some people only have one option available. I agree with you on this, censorship on those platforms has reached a disgusting point... however that is a different problem.

Sorry, but that is already the case. Net neutrality isn't protecting us from that kind of stuff on services like Youtube, Twitter, Facebook, etc. almost all of the most popular social media platforms censor their users, and even websites, one way or another.

Mircea Kitsune

Public scrutiny may not hold ISP's accountable though. They are free to censor websites as they see fit, which is unthinkable at this day and age. It's way better to be safe than sorry in such a case.

This really isn't something to freak out so much over. They're not going to let companies run roughshod over the internet. Every slow down, throttling, or change to their service they will be forced to disclose to the public.