Mark Cuban is arguing passionately against Net Neutrality but seems to have no idea what he is talking about. In a debate between Ted Cruz versus Google, Facebook, Reddit, Wikipedia, Twitter et al Mark Cuban sided with the senator who received $47,000 from ISP lobbying. The arguments he makes are entirely nonsensical which is surprising for someone who once sold a website for $4.7 Billion.



Net Neutrality is the principal that all data must be treated equally, you cannot throttle the speeds of websites. Our website’s data will be delivered at the same speed as TheVictoryFormation’s, this allows for competition, competition leads to innovation. Netflix already had their website’s speed throttled, their company was extorted to pay more money.

The precipitous drop in speed was after Net Neutrality expired, the dramatic spike up was when Netflix agreed to pay Comcast for higher speeds. Content creators will be charged more to deliver their services to users, as major ISP’s have massive media holdings there is a conflict of interest in faster loading sites.

Let’s recap Net Neutrality in terms Mark Cuban can understand, Steve Ballmer’s and Paul Allen’s websites could always load faster than his blog as they can afford to pay more. The goal of regulation is an internet that does not play favourites, a neutral net. The damage caused to a slower loading site is something we’ve covered before.



Here are Cuban’s terrible arguments:

How long till slow speeds from poor Website design and underpowered servers are blamed on Net Neutrality? #youcantblamecomcastforeverything — Mark Cuban (@mcuban) November 16, 2014

Idiots complain about stupid shit all the time, how does that matter? As far as poor website design It would be analogous to blaming shoddy construction on building codes. It doesn’t make sense. Any drunk asshole can have a fast loading website with zero formal training.

The issue isn’t shitty websites loading slower, it’s websites like Netflix being throttled.

Do we need Net Neutrality for car charging stations? Hate to see better charges given to certain cars or for Nissan to offer free charges — Mark Cuban (@mcuban) November 16, 2014

Fuel quality is regulated, innovation is driven by cars that perform better. The analogy would be if GM owned the pumps and charged other car manufacturers more money or they have to use shittier fuel.

. @cdixon The promise of the net is not content. Its high speed apps that change healthcare,medicine,transportation,safety and more — Mark Cuban (@mcuban) November 12, 2014

The promise of the net is competition and access. You will have less change if established websites have an advantage. Google Video would have run faster than upstart Youtube without Net Neutrality. Thankfully Google couldn’t buy an advantage and the better company won, Google bought Youtube for a metric fuckton of money.

If you want to know what innovation will be like after Net Neutrality , ask Aereo what they went through — Mark Cuban (@mcuban) November 16, 2014

Aereo was shuttered by the Supreme Court for infringing on copyright, it has about as much to do with the open Internet as Obamacare.

2. In my adult life i have never seen a situation that paralleled what I read in Ayn Rands books until now with Net Neutrality — Mark Cuban (@mcuban) November 13, 2014

3. The “People” want more gov to protect them so they cant be stopped from getting movies/tv shows OTT.That is straight out of Ayn Rand — Mark Cuban (@mcuban) November 13, 2014

4. If Ayn Rand were an up and coming author today, she wouldnt write about steel or railroads, it would be net neutrality — Mark Cuban (@mcuban) November 13, 2014

Ayn Rand devotees:

1. You have awful taste in writing.

2. You ascribe morality with selfishness which makes you assholes.



Moving on, Mark Cuban is normally a reasonable guy, how is he getting this so wrong?



Let’s define what Cuban meant by “getting movies/tv shows OTT.”



From Wikipedia, which is a non-profit website promising free access to information worldwide who are in favour of Net Neutrality:

In broadcasting, over-the-top content (OTT) refers to delivery of audio, video, and other media over the Internet without the involvement of a multiple-system operator in the control or distribution of the content.

Essentially people getting media circumventing traditional broadcasters, either legally (Netflix, Amazon, Grooveshark) or illegally (torrents, streaming websites). Louis CK selling his act directly to consumers would be OTT. Why is he so against that as to want to ruin the internet?



From Wikipedia, which is a non-profit website promising free access to information worldwide who are in favour of Net Neutrality:

Mark Cuban (born July 31, 1958) is an American businessman, investor, and owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, Landmark Theatres, and Magnolia Pictures, and the chairman of the HDTV cable network AXS TV

AXS TV, partially owned by CBS, broadcasts content in HDTV to most cable companies. As America ranks 10th in the world in internet speeds the average connection cannot stream in high definition. Higher internet speeds would mean any content creator could broadcast in HD, thus hurting AXS TV’s market share. If anyone can broadcast an AXS TV show like Girls Gone Wild Presents: Search for the Hottest Girl in HD, that’s competition. Competition is what Net Neutrality protects, if AXS TV was one of the only companies who could afford the fast lane they can remain one of the only HD broadcasters. Mark Cuban makes money from a slower internet.



So essentially Ayn Rand fellatting Mark Cuban wants to ruin the internet because he’s a greedy selfish cunt.