Post by irimi on Sept 10, 2019 10:44:21 GMT -8
1. It's funny that you should think that Google is better than Apple, however marginally, when all the articles I have read suggest that Google basically lives off of collecting data through their search engine, their browser, their email service, their chromebooks, and their phones. Realistically, all companies are collecting data pretty much nonstop, so perhaps this doesn't even matter. But in my eyes, you lose credibility.
I can download the android source code and look at every line (and there are LOTS of people who do). If I don't like something I can change it. With apple we only get to know what they tell us. Their code base is locked down, you can root the device and dig around in some of the settings and force it to install some third party packages, but you can't actually dig in the code. But I am an Open Source guy, I like seeing things with my own eyes. If that makes me lose credibility because I trust my own eyes over what Tim Cook wants me to see.... I am OK with that.
2. There are people who do not want to go the Facebook route for whatever reason. Some are young--fewer freshmen in college have active FB accounts than in the recent past--some are old who struggle with technology and some just don't care. I know people in all those categories. Broadcasting on FB, therefore, limits viewership and it limits accessibility.
3. There are other questions to consider as well. For example, if the game had been broadcast on TV, I could have recorded it since I wasn't home and then watched at my leisure. Or I could have popped into a bar and watched it on a big screen. Broadcasting on FB sorta limits most of these alternative ways of viewing.
Talk about accessibility. I was also not home, and I didn't have to pop into a bar, or find a place with public wifi, the game was literally in my pocket! I was at an outdoor concert, then waiting for a parking lot to empty and then at a strangers house, and all the while I didn't miss a play (except while driving, don't watch football while driving )
4. My Dad had a FB account before he died. I am not 100% sure that he would have been able to find the game, but I'm sure that he wouldn't have been able to push it to his TV. So he would have sat hunched at his computer desk watching the game instead of relaxing on his sofa. I bet a lot of people watched the game that way.
In the end, I hope the Beavs got a pretty penny from old Zuck for the broadcast rights. And we all know that in this day and age, it is only money that matters, so even if you and I disagree about this situation, it's the dollar signs that will paint the direction.
As for me, I'll just listen to the broadcast on the radio next time we're on FB.
By the way, if you think Android is open source, you are sorely mistaken. Read an article. arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/07/googles-iron-grip-on-android-controlling-open-source-by-any-means-necessary/