There is a part two (here). As ReadWriteWeb complains, "As we all know, time and again it (Web 2.0) turns into just another ad platform to sell lowest common denominator mass marketed commercial trash." What's more, these services are proving to be more than a little fly-by-night. Even as SqoolTube advertises an index of educational video on YouTube, the video hosting site started gutting its content without so much as a by-your-leave, dropping the audio from any video deemed in violation of copyright. No word on how this determination was made and no mention, of course, of fair use. This has resulted in what Infocult calls a creepily quiet YouTube. And many of the site's most popular phenomena have been silenced.
Meanwhile, Google is shuttering Google Video, Notebook, Catalogues, Dodgeball and Jaiku. Hope you weren't using those services. Cole Camplese comments, "What happens if Yahoo jumps out of the delicious or Flickr business? I (and a boat load of others) would be SOL." There's no impact on Reader, but it doesn't make money either - and if your Feedburner RSS feeds stop making money - or are deemed to be violating copyright - do you think Google will leave them untouched? Web 2.0 is full of fantastic technologies - but why oh why must people learn the same lessons about corporations over and over again? "A few of us old dudes saw this sad moment coming. The best thing about aging is preemptive disillusionment." Yes, but also: I back up everything at home, and run my own web server. Because I want Web 2.0 without the heartache.
Meanwhile, Google is shuttering Google Video, Notebook, Catalogues, Dodgeball and Jaiku. Hope you weren't using those services. Cole Camplese comments, "What happens if Yahoo jumps out of the delicious or Flickr business? I (and a boat load of others) would be SOL." There's no impact on Reader, but it doesn't make money either - and if your Feedburner RSS feeds stop making money - or are deemed to be violating copyright - do you think Google will leave them untouched? Web 2.0 is full of fantastic technologies - but why oh why must people learn the same lessons about corporations over and over again? "A few of us old dudes saw this sad moment coming. The best thing about aging is preemptive disillusionment." Yes, but also: I back up everything at home, and run my own web server. Because I want Web 2.0 without the heartache.
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