Google vs Roku
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2021 12:07 pm
Stuff like this is why we can't have nice things...
In Predatory Contract Negotiations, Google Comes For Roku
The dispute between Google and the streaming platform Roku is just the latest episode in the ongoing battle between the dominant, feudal tech lords and their competitor serfs.
In Predatory Contract Negotiations, Google Comes For Roku
The dispute between Google and the streaming platform Roku is just the latest episode in the ongoing battle between the dominant, feudal tech lords and their competitor serfs.
By forcing Roku to turn over proprietary user search data as a condition of hosting YouTube on its platform, Google will undermine Roku’s ability to compete with it; the equivalent of contractually demanding your opponent hand over his gun, only to turn around and shoot him with it.