How is this scary new development? The budget option of proprietary bundled services has always existed, with the upsell being the unfettered internet. Youtube and facebook are not "the internet", but proprietary services that have been developed upon it. Surprise surprise, network providers used to bundling services look for a lowest common denominator for their base product line. That these services happen to deliver over IP is of little consequence.
However, don't think that I'm advocating for walled gardens - the important part is to keep innovating and creating a wide demand for The Internet at large so that carriers are unable to presume that most customers only want bundled discrete services in the first place (thereby pushing competition on generic bandwidth. bittorrent+RC4 has done wonders for wired net neutrality).
However, don't think that I'm advocating for walled gardens - the important part is to keep innovating and creating a wide demand for The Internet at large so that carriers are unable to presume that most customers only want bundled discrete services in the first place (thereby pushing competition on generic bandwidth. bittorrent+RC4 has done wonders for wired net neutrality).