Remember Google Reader: beware dominance over open things
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it makes you not trust Google in any way. Well, when they start to get it when they start to get a dominant position over and open over something that used to be open. You have to get very nervous.
Episode 178: Tepid Tub (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:49:26 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
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People who built RSS software through Google Reader's rise and fall saw Google pull everyone into its ecosystem, kill competitors over years, then rug-pull everyone. It nearly killed RSS. That experience means you should get very nervous when a big company gains a dominant position over something that used to be open, as YouTube now threatens with podcasting.
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when some some big player comes in there and just plants the flag at the very beginning, it can really damage the market for long periods of time.
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