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The Supreme Court recognized on multiple occasions that we have a right to privacy. In this specific instance, protecting privacy comes at no cost to an ISP, as they simply do not collect or sell your data. They literally have to do nothing, as setting up the systems to collect and opening the channels to sell takes work. This nothnig more than money grab.
> The Supreme Court recognized on multiple occasions that we have a right to privacy. The right to privacy... from the government, not private businesses. There are privacy regulations which affect private business such as HIPAA. But these are not 'rights'. And just because they are regulated doesn't mean they are effective at the intended or worth the significant costs of implementation - which is the critique here.…
The second part sounds like a "private, free market" solution, which has had, at best, limited results. What's to prevent an ISP from simply prohibiting customers from using a VPN? If Netflix and Hulu can do this, why not Spectrum or Comcast? Your claims about ad-blocking can be used against you since there are companies that will prohibit you from using an ad blocker.
This is exacerbated by the fact that in many areas, there is only one ISP available, so there is no free market. Additionally, these companies will use any means to slow down or stop competition, so that's not an option. In this case, the government is the only organization that can effectively regulate these companies.