[kictanet] The Case Against Google and other Tech Titans

Tue Feb 27 11:56:34 EAT 2018

+1 for Safaricom.

A short while ago, I complained about their web hosting services on one of
the threads here (as a by the way). By the end of the week my account had
been reactivated and moved to their new hosting system. I received alerts
on SMS and mail.

Whoever here did that - thank you.

Regards,

Kevin

On 26 February 2018 at 18:34, Admin CampusCiti via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> True that Barrack.
>
> We must commend Safaricom for this while at the same time continue to
> engage them positively.
>
> *Ali Hussein*
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> On 26 Feb 2018, at 2:13 PM, Barrack Otieno via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
> Hi Ali,
>
> I also think one of the reasons Safaricom enjoys its position is its
> willingness to engage despite the criticism it receives, in as much as
> we feel sorry for the other operators they hardly engage with
> stakeholders. In short Safaricom seems to have public interest at the
> core of its strategy which might not be the case with other local
> Telcos or tech giants.
>
> Best Regards
>
> On 2/26/18, Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> wrote:
>
> Listers
>
>
> Here’s an interesting long read on the implications of Technology enabled
>
> Monopolies.
>
>
> The argument for and against the thesis that only market forces can check
>
> the monopolistic behaviors of the Tech Giants is well articulated in this
> NY
>
> Times article.
>
>
> The argument goes like:-
>
>
> A combination of Activists (Listers, I hope you are listening and reading
>
> 😀), Anti-Trust Busters, Competitors and the cautious actions of so called
>
> Monopolists when the spotlight hits them, is largely responsible for
>
> ensuring that consumers and the markets operate honestly, responsibly and
>
> with the profit motive in mind.
>
>
> Couldn’t help me thinking whether this combination is partly responsible
> for
>
> the New Safaricom we are seeing today.  A company that is arguably larger
>
> than life in Kenya and who in the recent past has been accused of the same
>
> behaviors that the Tech Giants are allegedly guilty of.
>
>
> Safaricom is definitely a better company than it was just a few years
>
> before. They have embraced the ecosystem, released M-Pesa APIs on Github
>
> (Yes!), funds startups in the Tech Ecosystem through its Spark Fund and is
>
> generally easier to work with.
>
>
> Here’s an excerpt to the story:-
>
>
> The implication is clear enough: Google and the other tech titans
> understand
>
> that the landscape is shifting. They realize that their halos have become
>
> tarnished, that the arguments they once invoked as a digital exception to
>
> American economic history — that the internet economy is uniquely
>
> self-correcting, because competition is only a click away — no longer hold
>
> as much weight. “When you get as big as Google, you become so powerful that
>
> the market bends around you,” ...
>
>
> Read on:-
>
>
> https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/20/magazine/the-case-against-google.html
>
>
> @Walu, we can meet half way on our arguments on this issue. :-)
>
>
> Regards
>
>
> Ali Hussein
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> habit."  ~ Aristotle
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