07-28-2013, 05:06 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-28-2013, 05:07 AM by crazysam23.)
(07-28-2013, 04:32 AM)Grungie Wrote: Well I do think it's not up to the government to step in because you're a bad parent, but I also don't think it's that big of a deal if you can just go in and turn it off yourself.The difference between your ISP doing it, and the government is the reasoning behind it. If an ISP decides to do that, they're probably thinking that a portion of their customers (and some potential new customers) would appreciate it if they were blocks on certain things like porn because many of them are parents and would use such a service -- which might result in more potential money and/or customer loyalty (and customer loyalty translates to more money in the long run). It's usually quite obvious that the main motive of an ISP is gain money by providing internet services, after all.
Tbh if my ISP provider told me "we're putting a porn block on all of our servers, but if you want to remove it just go type this into your address bar: ______ you can turn it off" I would just turn it off instead of throwing a bitch fit.
On the other hand, if the government tries to do it, they don't gain any money from it or anything else that directly benefits the government (it may benefit certain politicians, somehow, but not the government as a whole). In fact, it will probably cost the government money (thereby using tax dollars). So, the only motive the government has to do something like that is because they're being paternalistic.
Now, of the two, I'd rather pick the former than the latter. Yeah, the ISP isn't being some golden boy or whatever, but they're not doing it because they want to correct instances of bad parenting involving the internet.