&gt;when I was reading their blog I quickly started to feel like they go off half-cocked too often.<p>While I am a fan of EFF and the work they do, I too have started to notice this recently. The title of articles have become borderline click-bait and sometimes conveniently omits vital information that may help better understand the issue. The most recent one is &quot;Stupid Patent of the Month: Microsoft’s Design Patent on a Slider&quot; [1] [2] which surprisingly is a lawsuit on a whole lot more than just sliders.<p>However on this issue I am kind of split. I agree with both EFF and T-mobile. As for T-mobile, BingeOn is optional and can be disabled anytime with just a click, so it does little to nothing to hurt customers and cannot effectively be called throttling. As for EFF, they have the right to be worried that this may set a precedent for bigger control over your data in the future.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.eff.org&#x2F;deeplinks&#x2F;2015&#x2F;12&#x2F;stupid-patent-month-microsofts-design-patent-slider" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.eff.org&#x2F;deeplinks&#x2F;2015&#x2F;12&#x2F;stupid-patent-month-mi...</a>
[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10802413" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10802413</a>