Jason at the Paxmodept Blog points out an article at ZDNet UK about Google and its struggles with operators who want to block Google applications.
Oh boy… not even Google can be saved from this one… that says a whole lot about the current (and nothing new, and who knows until when) situation between mobile software product companies/developers and carriers.
Chris says: “They're inserting themselves in between you and an application that you want. I think that has scary, scary implications…”
Yes, yes, that's what we have been saying for a while (years) now… Yes, we know (and are hoping) that the carriers will realize sooner rather than later how beneficial it will be for everyone, including themselves, to allow for open access and flat-rates… it is common sense. There are better and more creative ways to “milking the cow”… You know, sometimes, to move forward a very hard thing must be done: “slaughter the cash cow”. This is exactly what has been happening here; carriers just can't get over it, and are afraid of the unknown. It takes guts (as we say back home cojones) to kill the cash cow; a very hard decision to be made by executives it is indeed… Where are the fearless, visionary leaders? Fear not…
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