In defence of Joost
December 13, 2007
InsideTonic has written a great post on why Miro ain’t better than Joost. The short of it goes like this:
Miro is open-source… Joost is not: Open-Source does not imply superiority of quality 100% of the time. The code is important but it’s not the most important thing. The most important thing is the content… and Joost got content… lot’s of it.
Miro has more channels than Joost: Miro has 2,600 channels and Joost only has 400… Yet Miro uses the term ‘channel’ to refer to specific programs. So in reality, the amount of content offered by Joost is not so far from that offered by Miro.
Miro hcontent vs Joost: What Joost has recognized is that TV is a mass medium. Lofty ideals like being open-source don’t matter to the majority of viewers. They should, of course, but they don’t. Many viewers are happy to use proprietary software if they get to watch ‘Yoga 4 Dudes‘.
Usability of Miro vs Joost: Joost clearly win this one!
Distribution question: Miro need to buffer the whole thing before playing, Joost does not! Joost win here.
Great post guys!
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