This isn&#x27;t quite hitting the core of the problem. If someone only has Facebook&#x27;s Free Basics, then they can&#x27;t conduct business on the Internet with anyone who hasn&#x27;t partnered with Facebook. Not reading content, not publishing content, not downloading apps, not shopping, not email. They can only do these things if they pay a telecom for real internet access. From a user&#x27;s perspective, that&#x27;s still an improvement, because they would&#x27;ve had to pay for real internet access and now they have the option of maybe not.<p>But what if you want to conduct business with those people who only have Free Basics? Then Facebook has a veto over your ability to do so. They will make you partner with them, jump through hoops, and maybe pay them money. If you&#x27;re thinking of competing with them, they can destroy your business with a flick of a switch. It&#x27;s a power that begs to be abused. Free Basics isn&#x27;t bad for users, it&#x27;s bad for <i>everyone else</i>.