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You are hereAppleNetflix Crushes its Own MomentumSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Tue, 2011-09-20 18:54See my Forbes post: "Netflix Crushes Its Own Momentum" here.
Google 21st Century Robber BaronSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Mon, 2011-09-19 17:47See my Forbes post "Google 21st Century Robber Baron" which briefly tells the story of Google's Robber Baron rap sheet, in advance of Google's Wednesday Senate antitrust hearing.
The post also explains why Google's Board of Directors have been AWOL while all this scofflaw behavior has been going on. Opposing "The Verge" of Socialism -- My latest Forbes Tech Capitalist postSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Fri, 2011-09-16 12:01Why Google's Motorola Patent Play Backfires -- My Forbes Tech Capitalist PostSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Fri, 2011-09-09 18:44I am now also a contributor for Forbes writing the Tech Capitalist blog:
Netflix' UneconomicsSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Tue, 2011-09-06 11:58Netflix' continues to exhibit serious difficulties grasping basic economics, competition and value. First, Netflix is lowering its value to customers.
Second, Netflix is shifting its costs to its customers.
Third, Netflix is chasing away the premium content its subscribers demand. FCC Denies the Effective Wireless Competition Staring it in the Face -- Internet Competition Series Part IIISubmitted by Scott Cleland on Mon, 2011-06-27 23:47In another blow to its competition policy credibility and objectivity, the FCC's 308 page, 15th Wireless Competition Report, amazingly reached no conclusion about whether the wireless market was effectively competitive, despite overwhelming evidence of effective competition throughout the report and a dearth of evidence in the report of any discernible anti-competitive issues that would suggest the wireless market was somehow not effectively competitive.
If only the FCC absorbed the significance of the data compiled in their own report, the FCC would conclude that the wireless market was effectively competitive.
Google vs Apple: How Business Models Drive Disrespect vs Respect for PrivacySubmitted by Scott Cleland on Fri, 2011-05-06 15:13How business models are aligned or not with users' privacy interests, will be spotlighted at the Senate Judiciary hearing Tuesday on "Protecting Mobile Privacy" featuring Google and Apple officials as witnesses.
While the Senate Subcommittee on Privacy will hear from both Google and Apple witnesses on how their companies handle users' WiFi location data, their testimony will provide stark contrast in the companies' privacy conflicts of interests. Google vs Apple concerning alignment with users' interests: First, 97% of Google's ~$30b in annual revenues comes from advertisers, whereas ~99% of Apple's ~$87b in annual revenue comes directly from customers who buy and use Apple's products and services.
Google WiSpy II & Privacy Scandal #11 vs. Apple's Respect for PrivacySubmitted by Scott Cleland on Wed, 2011-04-27 11:27The current media and Congressional interest in the new revelation that Google and Apple have collected WiFi location information has largely missed an exceptionally salient point -- Google and Apple have very different privacy track records stemming from their very different attitudes toward privacy. Google Privacy Scandal #11: WSJ Confirms FTC-Google Privacy Settlement FlawSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Fri, 2011-04-22 11:37The Wall Street Journal essentially confirmed the huge flaw in the FTC-Google privacy settlement that I recently spotlighted; see Julia Angwin's excellent privacy article: "Apple, Google Collect User Data." The WSJ investigation confirmed the fact that Google (and Apple too) are tracking their mobile device users' movements and locations based on "unique device identifiers" without users' knowledge or authorization. The confirmation of this fact, confirms my point that the FTC-Google privacy settlement has a huge loophole in that it does not include "unique device identifiers" to be private information, a ridiculous distinction because a "unique device identifier" is obviously as private as a name or IP address, which the FTC already considers "covered information." FYI: the proposed bipartisan Kerry-McCain privacy legislation considers "unique device identifiers" to be private information. If the FTC is truly serious about enforcing its fair representation laws and sanctioning deceptive and unfair privacy practices when they find them, it should modify its draft privacy settlement with Google to include "unique device identifiers," as covered private information, in the final settlement with Google that soon will be codified by the court. Mobile Content: Google's Commons vs. Apple's MarketSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Thu, 2011-02-17 11:08Mobile content producers do not have a truly competitive choice between Google's 10% fee One Pass service and Apple's 30% fee subscription service, as much as they have a value system choice between Google's Internet commons model and Apple's property-rights-driven market.
As much as Google tries to fool Little Red Riding Hood content owners that their Grandma always had such big eyes and big teeth, most mobile content providers will spot the Google commons wolf in disguise.
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