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I can sign contracts with electric companies and pay for SLAs from ISPs.

If browser vendors simpy start disabling browsers, we have much bigger problems.

Facebook's interest is in policing apps, and acquiring/crushing/copying the relevant ones.



> If browser vendors simpy start disabling browsers, we have much bigger problems.

There is enough competition in the browser market that selectively disabling certain sites will lead to a big loss in market share, and would be an exceptionally stupid move.


Crushing apps is not a big problem (Zynga still earns more than facebook itself). The problem is we cannot sign an SLA, or have any other contractual relationship with facebook, even though they take a 30% cut or ouf virtual currency sales.


Zynga still earns more than facebook itself

Citation please? I think this was true in 2009, but hasn't been the case for quite a while.


You 're right wrt earnings (zynga had $0.85B vs facebook $2B in 2010). Zynga will probably earn $1.8B this year (http://blogs.forbes.com/afontevecchia/2011/03/02/zynga-revea...). I can't edit the previous comment, though.

Still, for a company that is essentially a parasite on facebook, the money they earn is staggering. They could even earn a lot more if they used advertising on their games (they stopped using ads in 2010).




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