[opendtv] Re: Google and Apple TV
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 09:59:53 -0400
At 7:54 PM +0000 6/3/10, Kilroy Hughes wrote:
Going head to head to head.
Just rumor of course, but a $99 set top shim would probably be as
real as a $99 cell phone, only with Apple wearing the AT&T hat and
holding the service contract that amortizes the hardware. Apple is
doing just fine with a closed ecosystem and veto power over the apps
that volunteers write.
Are these guys volunteers too?
http://d8.allthingsd.com/20100604/donahoe-ipad-digital-wallet/?reflink=ATD_mktw_quotes
So E-Bay developed a free App for the iPhone and it enabled
$600,000,000 in business last year. Donahoe states in this video that
they expect $1.5 to $2 billion in the coming year. And they plan to
launch several vertical market apps for the iPhone and iPad.
Near as I can tell, these apps are delivered via Apple's "walled
garden" App store, but all of the e-commerce takes place on the E-Bay
web-site. In other words, Apple is enabling e-commerce on the iPhone
and gets NO REVENUE, as the app is free.
Maybe we need to re-examine the term "walled garden," or come up with
a better term for what Apple has done via the iOS ecosystem...
Regards
Craig
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