&gt; ...the most beneficial infrastructural policy...<p>That&#x27;s a nice objective view of free basics. I honestly believe, as I believe the parent to your comment does, that free basics really is <i>bad</i> for the internet and that none of the big players supporting it, e.g. the board of Facebook, are ignorant of the massive walled garden effect that they expect and hope it will create.<p>At this point I think it&#x27;s pretty close to an evil plan. Imagine a privately run &quot;public&quot; transit system that dropped you off inside buildings with no exterior doors. You&#x27;d be hard pressed to argue that the creators of such a system would not be aware of the effects it would have om the businesses inside such buildings, much less that they&#x27;re creating this network out of the kindness of the hearts to honestly just give people who are in need access to transportation.<p>(little straw-many but i reallt hate the idea and implementation of free basics)