I see some of y'all acting like Josh didn't know his userbase, who he's sat in chat with for a decade, wasn't going to immediately go trying to a-log Cogent.
Trust me, Josh knew exactly what he was doing.
What does he think this is going to accomplish other than give a handful of employees more hours at work during a time that likely already comes with OT pay for them?
I think he's banking on Cogent overplaying their hand in retaliation and it opening up a potential lawsuit for him. Literally all they have to do is stay the course, which they almost certainly will.
Even the minute amount of financial cost that handling these complaints will cause is negligible. These giant companies hardly pay a fair amount of taxes after their shekelmen get done, so there's no reason to think they won't just write this expenditure off in the coming year.
It's an absolutely retarded plan but don't sell him short. Josh can play chess, it's just his end game that's piss poor. Don't forget that this fantasy of his ends with "And then everyone clapped"