@sundogplanets Because dipshits want to have uninterrupted, high-speed, low-latency internet at all times rather than working on software that do not need that.

@FediThing @pettter @sundogplanets not really, even in the US decades of corruption still leave huge areas of the country with no ISP available outside of dialup or sat. (prestarlink hughesnet was the major provider with their $150/m <1mbit service). There's still large areas that don't have even basic DSL yet, it's taken so long cell and sat are the norm in many areas. Step 1 if you want cables in the US is to break up verizon/at&t who were paid but never actually rolled out the infrastructure.

@DavidM_yeg @pettter @FediThing @sundogplanets the point is that everyone complaining about people buying this are complaining about the wrong thing, the people buying this have no other options other than "go live outside modern society". It's ridiculous to put the entire fix on them to simply all agree to stop buying that service, that will NEVER happen. it has to be fixed at the core, fix the regulations, allow cheaper landline internet people will be happy to ditch expensive/slower sat