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Skyway Robbery

December 10, 2010

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If you pay Sky £34 a month for their content this is what you get:

Nice.

rip off. stealing sky

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Time For Us To Own Our Data - And Trade It

The cat and mouse game between Big Internet and Big Government over who tracks you more is probably a neverending saga.

Big Government is peeved that Big Internet is generally better at these things due to better engagement (big clue to Government about what they should do, duh! How about running networks for the communities and societies you govern!)

And the introduction of GDPR legislation in the EU has just resulted in ever more riddiculous 'I agree' popups with no real increased protection of personal privacy or data. It's just an inconvenient addition to a stupid game.

Let's reverse that.

If a browser, website or app wants my data, they have to obtain it from mybot - my own data bank. If they want it for free, they should tell me why. If they want to bid for it, so be it.

The idea that agreeing to ever longer legal documents is the basis for stealing your personal data is absurd and the EU, as ever, has totally screwed up their legislation, even with the best of …

Why Netflix Will Fail

I am an avid Netflix viewer, or at least have been.
Netflix’ business model should be like a gym. You sign up as many people as possible and hope they make as little use of your service as possible.
But Netflix is a dichotomy. They seem keen for people to watch as much as possible, and every stream costs them money. And they’re keen to do this at as high quality as possible, which costs them even more.
Meanwhile they churn out content in a wide range of languages (and now dub all the shows into English, which is very annoying to those of us who prefer subtitles).
So, I am going to unsubscribe from Netflix. Every time I open it I spend ten to fifteen minutes looking for something I want to watch and find nothing.
So, Netflix, this is why I am leaving :
Dubbing - please at least provide subtitles as an option Dreadful production - Spanish shows are particularly risible Lack of original UK content No indication of what I have watched - stuff I have watched remains in my watchlist Useless, dreadful…

Video Drives Success On The Internet

I don't necessarily totally agree with the analysis of www.visualcapitalist.com, but they're a very clever bunch and this is food for thought, if nothing more.

What is interesting is that all of the major players in 2018 apart from Paypal and Wikimedia are making plays for the video market. Many of them are video first companies. And it's surprising how many of them are traditional media giants who have finally got to grip with the digital age.

We think that disrupting, in the era of Uber, AirBnB and Deliveroo is easy. But no one has seriously disrupted the TV market. YouTube and Roku have had impacts, but nothing compared to what Apple's iTunes and Spotify and Pandora have done to the music industry.

Yesterday's broadcasters are today's streamers. And notice that neither Hulu nor Netflix make the grade.

The difference between TV and everything else is rights. You can usurp rides, bedrooms and takeaways, but finding a way of usurping rights is much tougher, as…

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