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FCC says “too bad” to ISPs complaining that listing every fee is too hard (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 year ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Comcast and other ISPs asked FCC to ditch listing-every-fee rule. FCC says "no."

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[–] reversebananimals@lemmy.world 94 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Providers are free, of course, to not pass these fees through to consumers to differentiate their pricing and simplify their Label display if they believe it will make their service more attractive to consumers and ensure that consumers are not surprised by unexpected charges.

This official response is brillaint. "Feel free at any time to just stop charging bullshit fees."

[–] bobman@unilem.org 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is the 'regulation' that conservatives bitch about so much.

It's a good thing when government steps in to protect citizens from corporate greed.

[–] hydrospanner@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Exactly.

The modern conservative position "against excessive government regulation" is analogous to the historical argument that the civil war was over "states' rights".

Back then, it was only about states' rights specifically as it related to a state's right to legal slavery to prop up their exploitative economic system that perpetuated the wealth and prosperity of the elites at the expense of everyone else.

Now it's only about "excessive regulation" against deceptive and manipulative business practices designed to prop up their exploitative economic system that perpetuates the wealth and prosperity of the elites at the expense of everyone else.