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[Peter Korsten]

Don't get too hooked up on the purported freedom of the internet. A
lot of it is just anarchy. It was going to be regulated at some point
anyway, and in typical American fashion, it's companies that do it.

- Peter

2010/4/7, Tony Scharf <noisetheorem at gmail.com>:
> And now applications are just another type of content.
>
> In so many ways, I see the freedom the internet created for content
> creators slowly eroding.  The pendulum is definitely swinging back to
> closed paradigms and limited channels.
>
> Tony
>
> On 4/7/10, Peter Korsten <peter at severity-one.com> wrote:
>> Op 7-4-2010 22:51, Joost Schuttelaar schreef:
>>
>>> Why would they? Unless they start dropping market share, or the PC market
>>> will go away, why would they drop a very profitable business?
>>
>> It might, at some point, no longer be profitable. This is one reason why
>> they are making the move towards content, because that's where the money
>> is.
>>
>> And this is why the likes of my employer (mobile phone company) is not
>> particularly happy with the likes of Apple, because they want to sell
>> their own devices with their own services and own content. There's no
>> money to be made in being a bit pipe.
>>
>>> I don't see them dropping market share any day soon (still rising
>>> rapidly). I also don't see the PC market go away any time soon (although
>>> the device paradigm will rock it a bit).
>>
>> You're forgetting corporate. Nobody can touch Microsoft there.
>>
>>> PS: I'm getting an iPad (of course), just coz I think it's a very sexy
>>> piece of hardware and a fun toy. I have very mixed feelings about the
>>> direction Apple is going with their iDevices though. Very closed
>>> platform,
>>> restricted freedom, but so nicely made and a great way for independent
>>> software developers to make money again...
>>
>> Apple is a content provider now. Their devices help them sell content.
>>
>> - Peter
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