&gt; That&#x27;s what bothers me about this movement: it should be about giving poor people free access to the Net (which would just render Facebook&#x27;s toy platform irrelevant - no need to ban it).<p>Give access to the whole Internet and not just few specific sites which a megacorp has full control over. The whole argument of something-is-better-than-nothing sounds so much like 18th century colonists. I just don&#x27;t get why should Facebook be allowed to give so much power without them investing even a penny to improve the infrastructure.<p>Google&#x27;s Project Loon is worth applauding, Free Basics is just a ploy to get the next billion users branded as a charity.