Comments on: Google Chrome OS – it’s about paid content.

By: Google OS for Paid Media? | Code.Implant

Google OS for Paid Media? | Code.Implant — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:23:29 +0000

[...] Walsh might be on to something with Google OS: What’s a poor media mogul to do? Well, how about getting behind a new platform? [...]

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:11:08 +0000

Great post. Content is King, and if Chrome OS devices are going to be popular Google need to be able to offer a slew of media services alongside their current web apps. FWIW I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see them targeting some cool new kindle sized touchscreen tablet devices as well as netbooks. It feels like a more natural home for a media rich device and would help redefine the market and set customer expectations by pitching Chrome OS firmly as an new breed of internet portal, not as a watered down laptop OS.

By: Robbie

Robbie — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:16:45 +0000

Assuming content costs something to create and deliver, someone has to pay. Normally the beneficiary would pay for services. I pay my dentist. I pay the plumber. I don’t expect them to provide their services at their own cost and no cost to me.

So, apart from adverts and subscriptions, how else can the content you and I consume be paid for? Newspapers are running out of real-copy customers so we can’t rely on them subsidising us. We can’t rely on the price dumping models of the .com and web 2.0 booms because (a) investors are wising up to the infinitesimally small chance of ever getting a return and (b) some major regulator will at some point get wise to it too and start smacking it down for the anti-competitive practice that it is.

By: Elliot Rock

Elliot Rock — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:19:45 +0000

Nice points Bob,

David V, google has and is about the $$$. They do offer a lot of free resources to the web but the “Do no Evil” is a bit old – considering they still serve rubbish(ids) to most people. Yes they pays for the good things they do. Oh I run ad blockers of course!

We know the all powerful media Moguls are quaking in their boots with falling revenues, their is a part of me that doesn’t really care, they don’t provide food or even thoughtful information to most people! If Fox died the world would be a happier less mind washed place!

The web is changed rapidly in ways that most people don’t see coming…. back to my multiple column Tweetdeck realtime search stream (go the matrix).

By: Rising Tide » Blog Archive » Google Chrome: Why?

Rising Tide » Blog Archive » Google Chrome: Why? — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:26:30 +0000

[...] be their reasoning? Wired has an article on how Google Chrome is going to make netbooks great. Bob Walsh at 47 Hats believes it is about content and advertising on those [...]

By: david v

david v — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:32:58 +0000

Conspiracy theory or not, you are presenting an interesting case. It’s frustrating to come to terms with the fact that all things corporate are driven by the all-important $$$. And it’s especially frustrating if you’re a Google Fanboi like myself. I only hope they stick to their guns, and ‘do no evil.’

But seriously, They think i’m going to pay for internet content? What are they smokin’ up @ this summer camp in Idaho? I might consider paying for web-content, but only if I don’t EVER see a pop-up again in my life… and even then, probably not worth it.

I wonder if this is the same discussion my parents had when they heard about cable television… “pay for the t.v. and I still have to see commercials!? what sort of idiots do they take us for?”

… the easy to control kind, Dad… with big doe eyes & short attention spans.

By: Bob Walsh

Bob Walsh — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:10:43 +0000

No conspiracy implied or intended – just that people do things for reasons, and whatever titanic battle looms for Microsoft/Google, I think the real action is going to be media/Google.

By: Les Suzukamo

Les Suzukamo — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:44:21 +0000

Well, you know how much I love a good conspiracy theory — I don’t believe them much but I do love them.
In this case, I think you’ve put together an interesting case with a testable hypothesis, so it’s worth listening to.
I’ll look forward to monitoring news out of Sun Valley this week.
But doesn’t a Google OS cut against the grain of the cloud computing movement? That part seems odd to me. Thoughts?