system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why is internet.org a bad thing for India?

People are commenting that this is a bad thing.  But surely a small slice of the Internet is better than no Internet?
gpt
Do you understand why net neutrality is important? Because that's key.

**Net neutrality in general**

In short, common carriers such as phone companies and mail carriers don't normally discriminate based on who is sending or receiving traffic. If they get more traffic, that's good for them because they can charge for those services.

Net neutrality is basically the idea that internet service providers should be treated as common carriers. They don't need to care who you're talking to, only that you're using their services to do so.

However, some companies want to control who you're able to talk to -- they may call it a "fast lane", but the endgame here is that they're able to provide strong advantages and disadvantages to competing services. Imagine if Comcast launched a video streaming service, and then throttled traffic to reduce Netflix video quality. Imagine if Apple got tired of competing with Google Maps, and paid Verizon to add huge lag to any Google-bound connections.

**Internet.org specifically**

Internet.org is a group that wants that control. They're cloaking themselves as a charity that's expanding internet access, but it's actually run by massive corporations like Facebook and Samsung, and they're trying to funnel these new users into using their services specifically.

If Internet.org were *just* about expanding net access, that would be awesome. Unfortunately, it's really more of a recruiting tool for the companies that are funding it.