• RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    Because it’s more profitable to charge people without upgrading the infrastructure. That’s how privatized systems work. It used to be about building a better product to attract consumers, now it’s about squeezing consumers for the most profit and minimizing costs.

    • Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de
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      3 hours ago

      It’s only more profitable if there isn’t competition. He lays it out quite well in his blog post. It’s not like the Swiss ISPs are all publicly owned.