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2 months ago

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1 year ago

in Mickey Mouse punches Steve Jobs in the kidney with TiVo deal on VentureBeat
There's no way to be certain, but the result of this deal could be highly beneficial to both Jobs and Apple. First off, it's more money for Jobs, but more to the point, it's promotes the whole niche category of online movie downloading by making video content more consistently available to consumers (i.e. easier for the moms of geeks to use.)

Imagine if a consumer couldn't rely on finding The Matrix at Blockbuster, Hollywood Video, or any other movie rental spot - most would likely just not bother going to any stores at all and seek out alternatives. Avoiding this scenario for online video is definetely in Jobs' interest and the interest of many other people.

The long term competitive advantage is not in content availability, but rather in the ease of use - something I'm betting Jobs feels pretty comfortable with.
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MG Siegler Some great points. Short term it could be beneficial to promote the format, but long term I think we all know distribution will be digital eventually and Apple having Disney largely to itself would be huge (not that it could have kept them to itself anyway even with Jobs' involvement).

Without content exclusives, which I still think we'll see happening in some form or another (just as Blockbuster now has certain exclusive titles), experience will be very important, and yes, Apple is very solid in that regard obviously.

2 years ago

in Ning 2.0 launches: build your own social network on Scobleizer
Watching this interview literally brought tears to my eyes thinking about the possibilities Ning can enable.

3 years ago

in Google and the Me2 revolution on Mathew's comments
This is a valid point, but it's based on the assumption people actually care enough to take the time to reality check ads. I admit I only read this post and not the whole article, because I just don't have the time, but this inaction on my part proves the point people are just too busy most of the time and that ads which quickly convey important info, no matter the medium, will always add value.
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