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I don't know. I'm quite worried that the whole technology space is turning into a big brand feud war arena. We are begining to see the subverting of unrelated
by ttt_ 14y ago
I don't know. I'm quite worried that the whole technology space is turning into a big brand feud war arena.
We are begining to see the subverting of unrelated products into business strategies. No, I don't want my browser/car/glasses/phone with any strings attached. What are we looking forward to a decade from now? iBank? FB insurence? G+ real state?
I for one will make efforts to avoid those products like the plague. If we do not strenghten small brands, we accept the rule of the big ones.
Overreaction is okay for matters of principle.
- thatjoshguy 14y ago> What are we looking forward to a decade from now? iBank? FB insurence? G+ real state? GE sells refrigerators, MRI machines, insurance & financing and owns a television network. We've actually already been there.
- khuey 14y agoThe difference here is that GE's business model doesn't involve keeping tabs on what you have in your refrigerator and your MRI scan results.
- antidoh 14y ago"They will." (tm) Why wouldn't they do that? What's in your refrigerator and how long it's been there has been discussed almost as often as flying cars, within an order of magnitude. Once checkout of items is commonly done with NFC or RFID or similar, then it's a mere matter of engineering for GE to accomplish exactly that, all taking place on the internet of things.
- j_col 14y agoIf I could up-vote this a hundred times, I would. Welcome to the Internet: sponsored (filtered!) by Apple/Google/Facebook/[take your pick]. Reinforces my belief that open standards and open source really, really matter when it comes to a free and open Internet.
- arkitaip 14y agoThis is what RMS and others have been saying for decades. Free software, data ownership and privacy aren't "nice" things to have or tinker with, they are absolutely crucial freedoms.
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