A timeline of #netflix’s conflicting stances on net neutrality
March 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
Netflix has long been one of the louder voices when it comes to defending net neutrality, so it came as a bit of a surprise last week when the company’s CEO, Reed Hastings, said he’s “not too worried” about what’ll happen to it under the Trump administration.
“Even if the formal framework gets weakened,” Hastings said, “we don’t see a big risk actualizing, because consumers know they’re entitled to getting all of the web services.”
Basically, Hastings says that if net neutrality as it currently stands gets spiked — and it sure sounds like Republicans want that to happen — consumers will demand that internet providers let them access any streaming service they like, so it’s not a…
