Alex Cranz, Gizmodo; I Wanted to Stream Buffy, Angel, and Firefly for Free, But Not Like This
"This is TV that should be accessible to everyone, but Facebook Watch?
Really? In order to watch Buffy take on a demon with a rocket launcher
you have to be willing to sit there and stare at a video on the Facebook
platform—the same place your cousin continues to post Daily Caller
Trump videos and that friend from high school shares clips of a Tasty
casserole made of butter, four tubes of biscuit dough, baked beans, and a
hot dog? The price for complimentary access to three of the best shows
produced is bargaining away your data and privacy?
No, thanks.
But Facebook is hoping we’ll all say yes, please. Facebook’s user growth in the U.S. notably hit a wall over the summer
and it’s been trying to fix things. It’s also trying to make itself
more “sticky,” so people stay on Facebook to get not just family and
friend updates and memes, but also the streams and standard videos more
commonly found on YouTube. Last year Facebook launched Watch, its
YouTube competitor that was, from the start, filled with trash. But things have slowly improved, with the show Sorry for Your Loss gaining rave reviews."
Issues and developments related to ethics, information, and technologies, examined in the ethics and intellectual property graduate courses I teach at the University of Pittsburgh School of Computing and Information. My Bloomsbury book "Ethics, Information, and Technology" will be published in Summer 2025. Kip Currier, PhD, JD
Showing posts with label disruptive technology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label disruptive technology. Show all posts
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The Most Important Self-Driving Car Announcement Yet; The Atlantic, March 28, 2018
Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic; The Most Important Self-Driving Car Announcement Yet
"With Waymo’s most recent announcement, now is the time to think through these larger questions. They are bigger and harder because they cannot be answered by technological proof. They involve power—Alphabet’s power, the power of labor, the power of local governments to control their jurisdictions.
Let’s assume Waymo is wildly successful. They take over the ride-sharing market from human drivers in both ride-hailing companies and traditional taxicabs. In so doing, they’ll complete the shift in consumer spending on car transportation from thousands of taxicab drivers across thousands of cities to one technology company. It’s not unlike thousands of newspapers making money from classifieds and then a couple of technology companies taking all of that revenue. It’s certainly easier to buy stuff from other people now, but local journalism is in a hopeless business situation."
"With Waymo’s most recent announcement, now is the time to think through these larger questions. They are bigger and harder because they cannot be answered by technological proof. They involve power—Alphabet’s power, the power of labor, the power of local governments to control their jurisdictions.
Let’s assume Waymo is wildly successful. They take over the ride-sharing market from human drivers in both ride-hailing companies and traditional taxicabs. In so doing, they’ll complete the shift in consumer spending on car transportation from thousands of taxicab drivers across thousands of cities to one technology company. It’s not unlike thousands of newspapers making money from classifieds and then a couple of technology companies taking all of that revenue. It’s certainly easier to buy stuff from other people now, but local journalism is in a hopeless business situation."
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