American ISPs operate under a confuseopoly paradigm of customer interaction. A confused customer is more likely to shut down and just pay the fees they don't understand.
Forcing companies to enumerate each item that goes into the cost will allow customers to determine just how shitty a value proposition those ISPs are offering. These companies have been in full damage control mode for years, having earned themselves positions of significant scorn in the US already.
OR and this might sound crazy, if they can render the cost onto the customer's bill, they can damn well list the components that went into that bill to begin with.
Seems like the real story here is that iRobot can't protect the data it records from its own internal reviews and R&D process, so the people who were paranoid about "they're watching you" are actually MORE justified, because not only do we need to worry about deliberate watching, but also the company's general incompetence with data security.
Seems like the narrative's just as accurate as it was prior to reading the title.
American ISPs operate under a confuseopoly paradigm of customer interaction. A confused customer is more likely to shut down and just pay the fees they don't understand.
Forcing companies to enumerate each item that goes into the cost will allow customers to determine just how shitty a value proposition those ISPs are offering. These companies have been in full damage control mode for years, having earned themselves positions of significant scorn in the US already.