@gaditb Most consumer internet connections use a shared medium for upload and download (DSL, DOCSIS cable). This isn't automatically symmetric; it has to be split into frequencies for upload and frequencies for download. (They can't be both simultaneously: again, shared medium for send and receive.) Most users download more than they upload so the usual split is calculated in their favor: symmetric would have more of their connection sit idle most of the time.
Bodily autonomy should override intellectual property in all cases. If it can be shown beyond reasonable doubt that a piece of tech is essential to your continued survival (e.g. pacemakers, artificial hearts, insulin pumps), then you should be the only one who gets to say who can and can't audit its software and read the full technical documentation. The ability to access it yourself shouldn't be something you can waive by signing any contract, it should be fundamental and non-negotiable.
@fxshot hundreds or thousands of people downloading a thing from one person isn't the equivalent of one person downloading ONE song, it's the equivalent of one person downloading HUNDREDS or THOUSANDS of songs.
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