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Google would've fought back much more -- as it has in the past -- if it wouldn't have gotten into the "content business." That's really the main leverage studi
by mtgx 8y ago
Google would've fought back much more -- as it has in the past -- if it wouldn't have gotten into the "content business."
That's really the main leverage studios have over Google right now: "either remove the stuff we tell you or you'll no longer get access to the content you want from us."
I wouldn't be surprised to learn that MPAA's board seat on the W3C was sponsored by Google (and Netflix, maybe Microsoft, and a few others).
- FussyZeus 8y agoThe mental gymnastics employed by HN's pro-Google users never cease to impress. Excuses, explanations, speculation abound all so you don't need to confront the simple and obvious truth that Google's a business, it exists to make money and for no other reason, and the primary method it employs is doing all manner of things that degrade the quality of it's services to impress and court the advertising industry. And now let the down-votes rain in.
- digi_owl 8y agoYeah i thing a watershed was back when movies were added to the Android Marketplace (later renamed Google Play). This coincided with Android getting a much more restrictive permission regarding removable media (under the label media storage permissions), that made it impossible for non-system apps to write to removable storage (sd cards, usb sticks, etc).