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> "Dailymotion is one of France’s biggest Internet successes" That tells a lot about France's so called "successes" (I'm French btw)

by ar7hur 13y ago

romaind 13y ago
http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/29/welcome-to-the-french-tech-ecosystem/ http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/29/welcome-to-the-french-tech-...
- ar7hur 13y ago
  I certainly agree there are a lot of good ideas and neat projects starting in France -- what I mean is they have trouble growing into big successes.
Argorak 13y ago
Considering that there where quite some similar ventures around Europe and DailyMotion is the only one still standing, I wouldn't downplay that.
agumonkey 13y ago
I sighed hard when they tried to play the pride card with this. Considering I get cold sweat everytime I have to watch a video on dailymotion, it's slower and clunkier than the worst youtube beta redesign. Poor Montebourg.
thisiswrong 13y ago
Maybe because the french encourage healthy competition [1] rather than US-style 'free-market' monopolies like Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Comcast... [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/04/business/France-Takes-Aim-at-Amazon-to-Protect-Local-Bookshops.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/04/business/France-Takes-Aim-...
- nemothekid 13y ago
  From the first line: >French lawmakers on Thursday took aim at Amazon to protect local bookshops by voting through a law that bars online booksellers from offering free delivery to customers on top of a maximum 5 percent discount on books. Now as I understand it, competition is supposed to help the consumer, and the French government essentially did something anti-consumer. I understand your need to go on your "anti-US" soapbox, but your post is outrageous. In what was is Google a monopoly? Last I checked Bing had a 20% marketshare.
  - adventured 13y ago
    Besides, Google won the search market due to a massively superior product. The race wasn't even remotely close, they demolished the competition with an easier, faster, better offering in every possible respect. What alternative is thisiswrong proposing one wonders: that the government should have forced dramatically inferior products on consumers at gun point? Quotas on how often consumers can use Google? It'd be laughable if it weren't such a dark perspective.

> "Dailymotion is one of France’s biggest Internet successes" That tells a lot about France's so called "successes" (I'm French btw)

by ar7hur 13y ago

> "Dailymotion is one of France’s biggest Internet successes" That tells a lot about France's so called "successes" (I'm French btw)

romaind 13y ago

http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/29/welcome-to-the-french-tech-ecosystem/ http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/29/welcome-to-the-french-tech-...

ar7hur 13y ago
I certainly agree there are a lot of good ideas and neat projects starting in France -- what I mean is they have trouble growing into big successes.

Argorak 13y ago

Considering that there where quite some similar ventures around Europe and DailyMotion is the only one still standing, I wouldn't downplay that.

agumonkey 13y ago

I sighed hard when they tried to play the pride card with this. Considering I get cold sweat everytime I have to watch a video on dailymotion, it's slower and clunkier than the worst youtube beta redesign. Poor Montebourg.

thisiswrong 13y ago

Maybe because the french encourage healthy competition [1] rather than US-style 'free-market' monopolies like Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Comcast... [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/04/business/France-Takes-Aim-at-Amazon-to-Protect-Local-Bookshops.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/04/business/France-Takes-Aim-...

nemothekid 13y ago
From the first line: >French lawmakers on Thursday took aim at Amazon to protect local bookshops by voting through a law that bars online booksellers from offering free delivery to customers on top of a maximum 5 percent discount on books. Now as I understand it, competition is supposed to help the consumer, and the French government essentially did something anti-consumer. I understand your need to go on your "anti-US" soapbox, but your post is outrageous. In what was is Google a monopoly? Last I checked Bing had a 20% marketshare.
- adventured 13y ago
  Besides, Google won the search market due to a massively superior product. The race wasn't even remotely close, they demolished the competition with an easier, faster, better offering in every possible respect. What alternative is thisiswrong proposing one wonders: that the government should have forced dramatically inferior products on consumers at gun point? Quotas on how often consumers can use Google? It'd be laughable if it weren't such a dark perspective.