Okay a few things:<p>1) I understand that people want free WhatsApp (etc), but I can&#x27;t base internet policy on crowning WhatsApp as a free service. Indeed my whole position is that ISPs should not price-discriminate based on apps.<p>2) The fact that people used WhatsApp, Facebook &amp; Twitter when they were zero-rated and continued to do so even when they are paid doesn&#x27;t detract from my point about zero-rating being a unique advantage, quite the opposite.<p>3) Picking three services with strong network effects over the course of a few years is not what I meant about the fundamental nature of the internet. The point is that <i>before</i> WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter got popular, during their early growth, these apps and their users benefited from net neutrality. If apps become zero-rated over the long term their incumbency changes the nature of the internet from the state it was in when they were released.