aveman101

I disagree with that.

ISPs have used their monopoly/gatekeeper power to stifle competition in a variety of ways, including throttling (or even outright blocking) competing video services. They won't be able to do that anymore.

It also means that mobile carriers don't get to tell you what you can and can't use your mobile data for. Most notably, there was a period of time where AT&T blocked FaceTime video chat over LTE (maybe this is still the case? I don't have AT&T). They wouldn't be able to do that anymore.

There was also the looming threat that ISPs were going to bundle websites together and sell access to those specific sites like cable packages. That would be illegal under Wheeler's plan.

No matter what, Android Wear watches would be at a disadvantage on iOS compared to the Apple watch because Apple is allowed to "cheat" on their own platform by using private APIs that were specifically designed to work with other Apple products. Google would be bound to the app sandbox, just like Pebble.

For instance, I don't know if Google Wear would ever be able to let the user reply to a text message or email on their wrist.

In the Netflix show Grace and Frankie, there's a scene where Frankie is trying to figure out how to use her new Mac. She gets frustrated and winds up calling support.

The first support rep she talks to seems like typical customer support, and asks the usual questions. Frankie expresses her frustration, and so the rep escalates her to one of their "concierge" reps (or something like that) who has a calm soothing voice, and spends an hour just shooting the breeze with her so she feels comfortable.

Do "concierge" reps really exist? That seems like an incredible waste of time, but it seemed plausible.