Your cellphone maker shouldn't be eating into Hollywood's business.
Your online Walmart is making Lord of the Rings.
And you pay a 30% fee just to deploy your software into their walled gardens, which they monitor, remove the customer relationship, and make you jump through hurdles. If you are successful, someone can pay to place ads in front of legitimate searches for your brand.
Edit: Can't respond to comments anymore after being downvoted, so my response:
> Where and how is the line drawn? Should a cellphone maker be eating into map maker’s business? Laptop maker’s business? Camera maker’s business? A secretary’s business?
Perhaps when there are more than two vendors for one of the most critical pieces of technology for modern civilization.
Perhaps when you can deploy apps without taxation, control over distribution, unfair competition, scare tactics, or adversarial ad placement.
Right now the two vendors wield absolute control over one of the most essential societal functions. It's almost as bad as if they controlled the internet itself.
> Your cellphone maker shouldn't be eating into Hollywood's business.
Where and how is the line drawn? Should a cellphone maker be eating into map maker’s business? Laptop maker’s business? Camera maker’s business? A secretary’s business?
Your cellphone maker shouldn't be eating into Hollywood's business.
Your online Walmart is making Lord of the Rings.
And you pay a 30% fee just to deploy your software into their walled gardens, which they monitor, remove the customer relationship, and make you jump through hurdles. If you are successful, someone can pay to place ads in front of legitimate searches for your brand.
Edit: Can't respond to comments anymore after being downvoted, so my response:
> Where and how is the line drawn? Should a cellphone maker be eating into map maker’s business? Laptop maker’s business? Camera maker’s business? A secretary’s business?
Perhaps when there are more than two vendors for one of the most critical pieces of technology for modern civilization.
Perhaps when you can deploy apps without taxation, control over distribution, unfair competition, scare tactics, or adversarial ad placement.
Right now the two vendors wield absolute control over one of the most essential societal functions. It's almost as bad as if they controlled the internet itself.