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Twitch to shut down in Korea over 'prohibitively expensive' network fees (techcrunch.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Because then the ISPs would have to respond to changing customer preferences and spend their own money on infrastructure improvements to meet the new demand.

Or they can lobby/bribe the government to demand fees from wealthy tech companies.

Guess which one's cheaper.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Is that what is really going on here??

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I mean… yes?