Chapter 1371
Cook to know really want to hit people, this kind of lawsuit Apple is avoiding, not afraid, but annoying ah, Apple messed with you? You have to pull Apple down in this kind of thing?
The future of technology this time is really excessive!
At the same time, Li Linfei is behind the scenes watching this impromptu press conference, was a small book sued, this he actually do not care at all, not to mention that this anti-trust is the beginning of the end, to really can have results, Apple appst.
Putting it back again, this matter is related to the rabbit and hawk sauce between the singing red and white face of this big play, then it is even more unlikely to have results.
Play the game of ecology, tell this story will inevitably and anti-trust entanglement, these Li Linfei has long been aware of, and for this reason actively layout, seemingly very panic, but actually thieves stable.
Press conference site, the next question opportunity Li Bingling deliberately point a arrived in Japan reporter, the latter get the opportunity to ask questions immediately: "according to the analysis, on the one hand, the future technology group simply does not allow developers to set up on the phc platform for consumers to use the third-party shop, phcstore platform itself has the uniqueness. "
"On the other hand, while FutureTech Group does not determine the pricing of phc apps, FutureTech Group has also set multiple paid price brackets for the phcstore."
"And the consumption behaviour on phc, as long as the iap interface is called will have Future Technology participate in the share, in this relationship, Future Technology is equivalent to a distributor, also with the user this creates a direct transaction relationship, to this please ask the spokesman what response?"
The giants of the Japanese automotive sector know that it is pointless to target the Future Technology Group in the automotive sector, because the other side is more like a transcendent kind of position in the automotive sector, and the real lifeline is actually the phc closed ecosystem.
If the Future Technology Group loses its position here, then all the problems related to the automotive sector will be solved.
However, this is the lifeblood of the Future Technology Group now, and Li Linfei, as a technology giant, has not consolidated the moat here the most, only more.
After listening to the translation, Li Bingling nodded before replying in a proper voice, "We still reject the fallacy that Future Tech Group is merely charging the developers a split commission and the pricing is set by the developers themselves, so the consumer is still an indirect purchaser, which obviously doesn't qualify for a lawsuit against Future Tech at all."
"The interview is over." After answering the question, Li Bingling turned to leave with a final word.
The PHC ecosystem is made up of a circular supply and demand relationship between platform owners, developers and consumers, which makes it somewhat complicated to sue Future Technology Group and succeed.
At the press conference, Li Bingling made it clear that, in simple terms, Future Tech Group felt that its role was more akin to that of a "housing agent", charging commission to renters (i.e. developers) and recommending properties to home seekers (i.e. consumers).
This is why Li Bingling's response to the press conference was that it was a third-party developer that was being sued, not Future Tech or PHC-Store itself, which is one of the core arguments that Future Tech Group is now emphasising.
The consumers who are suing Future Tech, well, Benji is suing Li Linfei or Future Tech as a "consumer" this time.
So they argue that the problems with the commission split and the high prices are due to the monopoly of Future Technology Group on the PHC-Store app ecosystem.
If the Future Technology Group had allowed a third-party marketplace to exist, would others have been able to offer developers a distribution platform with lower commissions than the PHC-Store? Would it then be possible to offer consumers a lower-priced service?
In fact, third-party developer service providers around the world are unhappy with FutureTech's 33.3% revenue share, which would hurt anyone, but there's nothing they can do about it.
There's no point in suing, it's a waste of energy and offends the platform, so we have to accept it even if we don't want to, given that the PHC-Store plays the role of an "intermediary" in recommending good products to consumers.
It means that in the future, when there are so many applications, even the wine is not as good as the alleyway, and if Future Technology, the "intermediary", can recommend a wave, then the application may be used by more consumers, which is equivalent to a major promotional resources.
On the other hand, if you are not recommended, your app will lose this important channel to consumers, which means that you have to pay for your own promotion, which in turn is equivalent to increased investment and operational costs.
This is not all. What really makes developers jumpy is that PHC-Store has the power of life and death over third-party applications, and can have a variety of reasons to take down your application if it feels that you have violated its rules.
It's a very real problem that if you use someone else's stuff, you're subject to the same restrictions.
The real reason why people hate "ecology" is because they don't own the ecosystem, so they hate it.
After all this talk about "ecology" and all this wandering around, the debate comes back to the original point: is it better to have an open ecosystem?
Or is it better to have a closed ecosystem? There may not be an answer to this controversy, which has been going on for 20 or 30 years.
Clearly, PHC is a closed ecosystem, compared to the open ecosystem most typically found on the Android platform, where third-party application markets are allowed to exist and almost every Chinese phone manufacturer using Android has its own app shop.
Not to mention the existence of the "invisible in-app ecosystem" such as Tengxun Weixin and small programs.
I'm afraid that even Android will have to charge, as there is already a lot of buzz in Europe about Android charging.
So, the ultimate question is: open or closed, which is better?
Chapter 1372
As soon as the launch was over, Li Linfei came to Li Linfei's office to report on his work.
"You don't seem to be worried about this at all." Seeing his relaxed look, Li Bingling said without good humour.
Although the company wasn't afraid of being tangled up in anti-trust lawsuits, this kind of thing was annoying and had to be managed.
"What's there to worry about?" Li Linfei asked rhetorically.
"It was only last night at the dinner that you discussed it with a group of global presidents, and the little bookies quit." Li Bingling said as such, entering the office and going to the water fountain to pour a glass of water and take a small sip.
"That group of people, I reckon they're having a sneaky good time right now, can't wait for this to happen, and for Little Ben to come and give me an eyedropper." Li Linfei said carelessly.
"So how do we break this game?" Li Bingling glanced back at him and said.
"Wait!"
"Wait?"
Li Linfei nodded and said, "We can sit down and wait slowly, Little Ben won't be able to carry it because they don't have the courage to lose their economic development for the next twenty to thirty years again, as for him suing for this, the dog jumped to the wall and got angry, it was just a momentary unacceptable move, it will be fine after a few days to calm down, so don't worry."
Li Bingling put down her glass of water, her hands around her front, and said thoughtfully, "But we are waiting so dry, in case he goes to the Americans, then the domestic auto industry can't get technical support must jump? And Shin-Etsu won't fall into my company's hands either."
Li Linfei did not think so and laughed: "Even if he goes to the US, the US will not care about him, because the US has to give me face, the source is in my hands."
"What's more, Old America wants market share most already from Little Ben, whose auto industry technology will be of great help to our auto industry companies."
"But the old American interest is lacking, people are already automotive powerhouses, so the Americans are guilty of offending me? Don't forget the most important thing is that the Americans still have to sing this red and white face with us, so the Japanese have no choice."
At these words, Li Bingling did not feel the need to say more here, the heart moved but also said: "Right, I think I found a big business opportunity, at least a hundred billion dollars level of super market waiting for our company to explore."
Li Linfei looked at her curiously and said with a smile, "So? Then tell us."
"Once unmanned self-driving cars become popular in the future, unmanned taxi services will definitely rise, and ......"
Li Linfei said in mock shock, "Huh? From what you're saying, you want to steal Tik-Tok's business at home and Youbou's business abroad?"
Li Bingling glared at him with dissatisfaction and grunted in exasperation, "Hear me out first."
"Okay, you say what you say." Li Linfei laughed.
Li Bingling reorganised her language before returning to the topic above and said, "I think it's a multi-benefit business, you see, all taxi services need drivers now, whether it's the domestic Tic-Tac or the international YouTubers, and I think it's a great opportunity to strike."
"The key is that both of these companies have a stinky reputation, so if we follow the trend and launch an unmanned taxi service we will certainly be able to grab market share in leaps and bounds."
"And it's a favourable positive cycle that our launch of this business further benefits the sales of unmanned self-driving cars and the PHC ecosystem grows even more."
"We can come up with a new mantra that a car owner buys a driverless self-driving car not just as a mobility tool, but as a moneymaker for the owner on the side."
"Let's say I, as an average consumer, happen to purchase a driverless self-driving car, but I can't use it all the time, and parking it in the garage when I'm not using it is a huge waste of resources."
"So why not let the car leave the garage or car park and let it run its own business? For example, I'm driving to work and the car picks up its own orders in the time between me and the end of the day."
"This would also bring in an extra income for the owner, and for those without a car a taxi ride for transportation would inevitably be cheaper and more affordable than the current taxis and tic-tacs, as the unmanned self-driving car eliminates labour costs and is purely an extra money earned by those with a car."
"It's also cheaper for consumers to travel, so the existing taxi apps are definitely not going to be able to compete with us."
"In this way, for the middle-class owner who buys an unmanned self-driving car, the car will not only help him get around, but also help the owner make money."
"Sleeping at night with your own car still out running your business and earning money is certainly a great reason and advertising and marketing tool for buying an unmanned self-driving car."
"This is the best sustainable model for a true sharing economy, where energy efficient travel and multiple parties benefiting at the same time is the best way to go."
"I've also wondered if we could just purchase unmanned cars on a large scale to create shared cars, but the cost investment for shared cars and shared bikes are no longer in the same order of magnitude at all."
"To meet the demand for taxi rides in a city would require at least hundreds of billions of dollars in capital scale, and the cost recovery is far from certain, so shared cars can be overturned, and only the strategy I mentioned above has enforceability, and the cost can be evenly spread to each car owner, and then we can all share the profit of it together, quite well."
"And only we at Future Tech can do it, because we can't open source AI technology to Tik-Tok or other online car companies, you said this is the core technology, then the piece of unmanned taxi, only we can do it in the world, no one can do it if we don't."
Finally finished all the words she wanted to say, Li Bingling looked at Li Linfei with anticipation, as if impatiently suggesting: praise me quickly!
After listening to these words, Li Linfei is indeed quite surprised, she did not say this he really did not think of this market, can only say that the progress of artificial intelligence technology, revolutionary emerging technology once emerged, the emerging market and competitive advantage inspired by the imagination has too much space, I believe it is never just unmanned taxi, there are more places can be applied to.
Of course, to put it more expansively, Li Linfei already does not need to consider so fine, holding the PHC ecosystem, lying to collect the developer's share of the commission is enough.
But the unmanned self-driving piece, want to engage in the sharing of unmanned cars, but really only the future of technology can play, the special place or the biggest breakthrough is to drive the car from the original driver into the current artificial intelligence system, which is Li Linfei must be covered to death technology, any third party will not want to touch it in the slightest.