The Federal Communications Commission will vote to eliminate a rule that requires Internet service providers to list all of their so-called “passthrough” fees on an easily accessible broadband price label. The FCC vote could also make the price labels themselves a bit harder for consumers to find.

ISPs routinely advertise prices much lower than those actually charged to consumers on their monthly bills. One method of raising monthly bill prices above advertised rates is to tack on fees that, ISPs claim, are used to offset charges imposed by local governments.

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[–] 287 points 1 month ago (8 children)

Trump voters really voted to get scammed and a worst quality of life for everyone else lol. There is not one thing good this admin has done.

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  • [–] 46 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Let's see... They slowed down the war that they started in Iran. They released half of the Epstein files, just not the presumably 50% that directly implicate Trump. Trump fired Pam Bondi who he had appointed.

    It's hard to think of anything good that they did that wasn't just toning down or backtracking of something bad that they had previously done.

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  • [–] 25 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Its literally just an abuse-manipulation tactic at that point.

    Going overboard, then retreating back only slightly to give the false impression of being reasonable, when theyve already got what they want.

    Throw it on the pile of shit that the public will never acknowledge, yes I know.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago

    One of the only true unifying principles of all the horrors that have begun to crescendo from the right for the past 10 that I have pinned down is that all sides of it are ultimately just abuse and cult dynamics, which are really just advanced abuse

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  • [–] 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    I don't want to disagree, but how about enabled the Charlie Kirk incident?

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  • [–] 50 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Nah. Had nothing directly to do with Trump. I say it's a wash.

    But seriously, Trump voters need to think what that man has done to improve their lives in any way. I seriously can't think of a single thing.

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  • [–] 35 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    They may still not say it out loud, but their first thought will be "he hurt those other people in various ways, so worth it to me."

    Actual value for them... nope, can't think of anything.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Oh they do say it out loud...

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  • [–] 11 points 1 month ago

    https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/trump-voter-hes-not-hurting-the-people-he-needs-be-hurting-msna1181316

    And if people think this is just some outlier cherry-picked by the media - nope. I've been told by an inlaw conservative that maybe I did well under Biden or under Obama, but should not have - implication being - maybe Trump 2.0 will actively harm me, because that's what I deserve. Because I have a degree, because I'm liberal, because I don't vote for asshole idiots like Donvict, etc...

    And that's not even getting into the kinds of conversations I've had with conservatives both IRL and online - they definitely wish harm on those that merely disagree with them, never mind people of different religions or skin colors.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    They don't need to think at all, they get fed what they need to believe. Trump made America great and safe and wonderful. Everything bad happening is somehow Bidens fault. Or immigrants did it. Even if they get upset for some days, they keep crawling back to him. It's the worst toxic relationship ever.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Case and point being them blaming the bad weather at the US 250 festival on democrats.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Many people are sad, cruel, little monsters that are happy those people are being hurt.

    It's really hard to change people like that so they're better. You gotta get them to see you as in-group, and slowly re-socialize them. Lot of work. Might not even succeed. But it's also apparently a whole bunch of crimes to round up the maga-hats and lock them in an underground vault somewhere.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    I like the explanation that a lot of these people are people that peaked in high school. They are angry that they stayed in the same town, not bettering themselves and never really going anywhere.

    And they want others to hurt. People they perceive as liberals because they did get a degree, did expand their minds, did better themselves, did travel, did spend time in bigger and better cities, and so on.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    I didn't get to go to college since my mother's AIDS bankrupted our family, but I didn't and don't want to see other people hurt.

    Am I a little bitter I couldn't afford mountains of debt to get a degree while watching many of my friends go off to college? Sure.

    Am I sad I had to work at a younger age than my peers so we could afford to juggle medications and bills? Sure.

    Has this trajectory seriously screwed me for a lifetime of poverty? Yes, definitely.

    Do I want to see other people hurt? No.

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    [–] 59 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child)

    Yet another day in Trump‘s world of “how can I make everyone’s life shittier? how can I HURT literally everyone on the planet for no good reason?”

    Another day of republican philosophy in practice: cause pain just because

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  • [–] 45 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Anything to fuck over working class.

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    [–] 26 points 1 month ago

    Federal Communications Comission Fascist Cocksucker Center

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  • [–] 22 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    In the European Union all ISPs market their connections based on maximum speed. However, the law requires them to meet at least 90% of that maximum advertised speed throughout the entire year (might slightly vary between countries), with some room for error. If they don't - easy lawsuit.

    Internet is also usually extremely cheap. In my country you can get it as cheap as $8/month, with very good (>=500Mb/s download) connections rarely exceeding $25 USD monthly. Hell, you can get an 8Gb/s download cable for just a little over $40/month.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 month ago

    In any decent civilization, someone as evil and corrupt and stupid as Brendan Carr would be taken to a remote destination and beaten into a chunky soup

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  • [–] 18 points 1 month ago

    this is one that i directly appreciated. the transparent bottom-line pricing was refreshing.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    ISPs routinely advertise prices much lower than those actually charged to consumers on their monthly bills.

    I wonder if there is any other countries where you will not know how much you'll have to pay for internet until after you've signed a contract.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    even more reason to stop using American services.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 month ago

    Everyone knows opaque markets work the best. Brilliant display of regulatory skill from the party of fiscal responsibility.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 month ago

    Gotta own those libs, right? /s

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    Know your place, trash!

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  • Wonder if my provider will appreciate me not paying any fees that weren't included in the listed price

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    How does Fox News spin this one then?

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  • [–] 15 points 1 month ago

    They don't really need to spin, they either talk about Democrats in a negative way, glaze Trump like he's their God, or they just don't cover it at all.

    This one probably falls into the "just don't talk about it" category. If Reich wing media doesn't cover a story MAGA never finds out about it

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