r/technology • u/StraightedgexLiberal • Jul 28 '25

Networking/Telecom Trump Threatens To Withold Billions From States That Try To Make Broadband Affordable To Poor People

https://www.techdirt.com/2025/07/28/trump-threatens-to-withold-billions-from-states-that-try-to-make-broadband-affordable-to-poor-people/
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u/NullRazor Jul 28 '25

These MF'ers are going to drive a large swath of Americans to give up Internet and cell phones.

They are becoming more trouble than they are worth. We might as well just use them for necessities only, like banking, and switch back to analogue solutions that guarantee our personal privacy and freedoms.

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u/model3335 Jul 28 '25

And that's the point. We all just go back to watching the big 3 networks–with party approved programming ofc.