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ISP to Supreme Court: We shouldn’t have to disconnect users accused of piracy (arstechnica.com)
submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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It feels dirty to agree with an ISP on something. But even the worst corporations are on the right side of something from time to time I suppose.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

How though? If you're using extra water to share with your neighbor, and YOU still pay your water bill, they still get extra money for extra usage, right? It just comes from your wallet rather than your neighbors.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Because your sharing your water with them disincentivizes their paying their bill.

Extrapolating on this, if you could legally share your water with the neighborhood couldn't an enterprising person with a zeriscaped yard sell their water to a thirsty lawned neighbor? That's money the water company considers theirs