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There are many motives for keeping secrets. Look at the NSA, or pretty much any government.
by vutekst 13y ago
There are many motives for keeping secrets. Look at the NSA, or pretty much any government.
- hahainternet 13y agoWell certainly, but in this case the motivation is anticompetitive.
- alexeisadeski3 13y agoOr procompetitive, depending on one's outlook.
- hahainternet 13y agoI fail to see how keeping secrets can be procompetitive. The existence of a larger barrier to entry surely prevents competition.
- alexeisadeski3 13y agoIt rewards success and thus incentivizes more competition.
- bestham 13y agoWell, in this particular case I agree. Its unlikley that you will make your own ARM SOC or blobs because the Snapdragon blobs are unavalible to you. But one can see the secrets as an anti-feature and choose an alternative supplier that is less secret. While Google / Asus didnt the end users might.
- hahainternet 13y agoAh I see you're saying that keeping secrets may motivate clients to pick someone other than you, and potentially increase competitiveness if the market presence of 'secret keepers' is minimal. I think it's pretty tricky to consider that a real 'effect', as if the alternative companies kept secrets then it would be just as bad.