Here is a clear example of one of the issues regarding the iPhone API's. With these restrictions Adobe cannot provide a Flash plugin for the Safari browser. The result is a iPhone specific application provided by Apple to play re-encoded youtube video.
Now that I think of this, Apple is locking out many websites that provide all sorts of entertainment for the phone (think games, video etc.), just because a flash player does not exist for Safari on the iPhone.
I am not to worried about post September 1st at this time, someone will step in.
Zap2It was not happy with people scraping their websites (mostly all around the same time at night) and came up with this (generous and genius) model where the daily interface time was suggested to the client and data provided in a neat package. Much less traffic was the result (one xml file vs. 100+ pages scraped). I assume this made them much happier than the misuse model of the past.
It is not unlikely that Zap2It will feel some pain again. Maybe their investors like the increase of daily visitors, I am just not sure if the network/server guys are. One fact cannot be dismissed; the data is out there (whether it is Yahoo, Zap2IT, NBC/ABC/HBO/etc.) and ready to be scraped... Many countries other than USA are using MythTV screen scrapers for their guide feed.
Maybe Google or Yahoo can make a buck or two by providing the MythTV team with new interface code that reads XML from their servers and reports back my MythTV usage (an eye for an eye). I am not too concerned with Google or Yahoo knowing my recording habits. And if someone is, the code is right their for you to inspect and modify.
And with a little luck, this will report back the fact that a lot of people are no longer interested in reality shows... More SciFi for everyone!
MvE.
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Here is a clear example of one of the issues regarding the iPhone API's. With these restrictions Adobe cannot provide a Flash plugin for the Safari browser. The result is a iPhone specific application provided by Apple to play re-encoded youtube video.
Now that I think of this, Apple is locking out many websites that provide all sorts of entertainment for the phone (think games, video etc.), just because a flash player does not exist for Safari on the iPhone.
I am not to worried about post September 1st at this time, someone will step in. Zap2It was not happy with people scraping their websites (mostly all around the same time at night) and came up with this (generous and genius) model where the daily interface time was suggested to the client and data provided in a neat package. Much less traffic was the result (one xml file vs. 100+ pages scraped). I assume this made them much happier than the misuse model of the past. It is not unlikely that Zap2It will feel some pain again. Maybe their investors like the increase of daily visitors, I am just not sure if the network/server guys are. One fact cannot be dismissed; the data is out there (whether it is Yahoo, Zap2IT, NBC/ABC/HBO/etc.) and ready to be scraped... Many countries other than USA are using MythTV screen scrapers for their guide feed. Maybe Google or Yahoo can make a buck or two by providing the MythTV team with new interface code that reads XML from their servers and reports back my MythTV usage (an eye for an eye). I am not too concerned with Google or Yahoo knowing my recording habits. And if someone is, the code is right their for you to inspect and modify. And with a little luck, this will report back the fact that a lot of people are no longer interested in reality shows... More SciFi for everyone! MvE.