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Exactly what you said. Take the win.

That faulty line of thinking (shitting on everything) is the same line of thinking that "lets imperfect get in the way of good."

"Oh, this action was late. Bad!"
"Oh, this action only solves part of the problem. Stop trying! Bad!"
"Oh, the rich will just use a loophole to get around this! Bad!"

If repubs can convince critics that doing nothing is better than doing something, repubs win. A seemingly very effective exploitation of the narcissism of the online critic.

The term useful idiot comes to mind.

Not only that, but the explanation is right there, in the article:

Democrats were stymied for nearly three years because they did not take majority control of the five-member FCC until October.

To exit a room, it's better to apply pressure to a door than to a wall.

I agree! It is fine to have to have a degree of cynicism but too much and nothing gets done. Celebrate every step in the right direction.

I emailed the Ars Technica article to my Trump voting mother on jackass what's his face when Trump appointed him and accused her of harming the internet. We have a no-politics rule now because of how angry I grew over time with that orange fuck. It was my idea. Saved our relationship.

It's a waste of time criticizing organizations that are beyond being reformed like the Republican party is. The Democratic party can and must do better and should hear about their screwups, the Republican party just needs to be rendered irrelevant entirely and doesn't need to see it coming.

They're not being criticized for doing the right thing. They're being criticized for the negative aspect. Many others have answered it, but the way you're framing this is kinda strange.

You'd equally criticize anyone else that you thought had the power to save a drowning man but sat there watching for a while before finally saving him.

No way, everyone knows that Biden can easily change all of the federal government whenever he wants to but just chooses not to because he's a big meanie and only ever does anything so that he's just 1% less bad than Trump.

/s

Fuck Ajit Pai and the people who put him in power.

... and hire him for well-paying lobbyist jobs, where he has intimate knowledge of the people and systems involved.

I aggravates me to no end that this is a thing for many bureaucrats ... leave your gov't position (likely with a full pension) and land a job that uses your insider info.

The main thing is ensuring all internet traffic is treated equally, basically like you said. ISPs can't block, throttle, or prioritize content. Some examples:

• Comcast can't throttle Netflix to make their own Peacock service seem better.
• Providers can't say that you have unlimited usage of Netflix, but other video services count towards your monthly quota. Some mobile providers in other countries do this.

They also made two other changes. Directly from their press release:

• Safeguard National Security – The Commission will have the ability to revoke the authorizations of foreign-owned entities who pose a threat to national security to operate broadband networks in the U.S. The Commission has previously exercised this authority under section 214 of the Communications Act to revoke the operating authorities of four Chinese state-owned carriers to provide voice services in the U.S. Any provider without section 214 authorization for voice services must now also cease any fixed or mobile broadband service operations in the United States.
• Monitor Internet Service Outages – When workers cannot telework, students cannot study, or businesses cannot market their products because their internet service is out, the FCC can now play an active role.

Pepridge Farms remembers when this was a bipartisan issue. In less than a single year the telecoms paid off enough Republicans to completely polarize the issue.

This is actually against the very idea of conservatism, since it's changing the way the internet has always worked.

Conservatives in our government are simply up for the highest bidder. It really is that simple.