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You misunderstand 'the case' here. The case is that your music startup now has no chance of competing against Spotify, TuneIn, Play Music, or Soundcloud because
by superice 9y ago
You misunderstand 'the case' here. The case is that your music startup now has no chance of competing against Spotify, TuneIn, Play Music, or Soundcloud because it would go against your general internet data, not the music specific data bundle.
- AndrewGaspar 9y agoMany telecoms zero-rate their own phone service now, too, even though it's generally delivered over IP on modern phones and networks. Skype and FaceTime count against my data cap. No consumer I know would want a change to the status quo that phone calls are free. Why shouldn't this be generalized to other popular services? If consumers prefer the service and are willing to pay for it, especially in mobile broadband which is relatively competitive ecosystem with several vendors in each market, then why not let consumers make that choice for themselves? General purpose internet service isn't going away - too many consumers and businesses depend on it, and, at least based on my last Comcast bill, are willing to pay through the nose for it.
- superice 9y agoZero-rating your own services is something entirely different than zero-rating services of other companies though. It is no different than a car manufacturer paying for their own highway lanes. If half of the highway lanes are BMW-only, would you still buy any other car? Free market resolve this by competition based on price, but if I wanted to start my own car manufacturing company, I wouldn't be able to compete because a smaller player in the car market wouldn't have enough funds to get the various levels of government to implement MyNewCarBrand Inc. Roads (TM)