• @wildcardology
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    25 months ago

    Oh really? They killed betamax because they want all the profit to themselves.

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        25 months ago

        They shot their own foot on that one. Betamax was the superior format than VHS but they kept the tech to themselves paving the VHS to win the format war.

            • @[email protected]
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              5 months ago

              All of it. But mostly the “kept the tech to themselves”. What “tech”? Why?

              • @wildcardology
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                25 months ago

                Sony kept Betamax format proprietary they won’t allow anybody to use it freely. While VHS was made open source.

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                  5 months ago

                  You ever heard of a little thing called Blu-Ray? Was that open source?

                  Ever heard of a little company called Apple? Because they’re basically the antithesis of open source but still insanely successful.

                  • @wildcardology
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                    05 months ago

                    Have you ever heard of insanely good marketing?