‘Unprecedented freedom for consumers’ is usually what people call it right before placing rabid hedgehogs in the stocking stuffer display.
“Today is a great day for consumers, for innovation and for freedom.” That was what Commissioner Brendan Carr of the Federal Communications Commission said last Thursday as he voted to strip net neutrality protections.
Whenever people tell me that we are on the verge of new, undiscovered freedom for consumers, I always feel a little nervous.