Technology philosopher, podcaster, writer of a book

Piracy is part of the digital ecosystem

Frédéric Filloux in an excellent Monday Note for The Guardian:

By slicing the global audience in regional markets, both the industry (Apple for instance) and the local governments neglect a key fact: today’s digital audience is getting increasingly multilingual or at least more eager to consume contents in English as they are released.

Just look at the graph he offers up, comparing US to European bandwidth consumption: 29% Netflix vs. 28,4% Bittorrent. I’d switch in a heartbeat.

About Me

Tries to read 1 book a week, listens to music at work and podcasts on the train, watches quality TV to unwind and owns an Xbox 360.