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Two additional aspects: 1) Twitch can leverage the core support network that amazon can build Starting from aws - to prime video subscriptions 2) amazon wi

Two additional aspects: 1) Twitch can leverage the core support network that amazon can build Starting from aws - to prime video subscriptions 2) amazon will go strong into tv top as soon as apple and google take it more serious. at that point the got one of the bigger kinds of content under control - similar w/ google and youtube

duaneb 10y ago
What makes you think appletv will ever support Amazon video? The iOS app definitely needs chrome cast support.
- dmoy 10y ago
  Given that, e.g. amazon stopped selling Chromecast, I don't have high hopes for interoperability here.
  - duaneb 10y ago
    Why do this to your customers. It means Amazon video money is wasted unless I own a fire stick--and who the hell owns a fire stick? The only reason to buy it is Amazon video!
    - dmoy 10y ago
      No, it is possible to get amazon video over chromecast. It's a bit hacky, but it works.
- m_mueller 10y ago
  Recent move towards subscriptions and Apple's sign to give up on some revenue. What is it now, 15% after the first year? Could't that be viable for something like Prime video?
- andreasklinger 10y ago
  i didnt mean that i think for now every of the big players will create their own apps/boxes - i imagine "prime TV" at some point the fragmentation will annoy customers so much that they will find ways to combine - but that's in 5-10 years
  - abraae 10y ago
    Might never happen. Chromecast is so cheap that its probably putting downwards price pressure on the devices themselves. And I don't personally have any issue flicking between all of my various "set top" boxes: chromecast, WD Live, Apple TV, old school dvd player, Tivo. After all, what issues does this fragmentation cause, apart from a bit of a mess of HDMI cables, and a shortage of HDMI ports on the TV?
    - duaneb 10y ago
      It's just a different type of DRM lockin. It's absurd the store from which we buy content can dictate how and where we consume it.

duaneb 10y ago

What makes you think appletv will ever support Amazon video? The iOS app definitely needs chrome cast support.

dmoy 10y ago
Given that, e.g. amazon stopped selling Chromecast, I don't have high hopes for interoperability here.
- duaneb 10y ago
  Why do this to your customers. It means Amazon video money is wasted unless I own a fire stick--and who the hell owns a fire stick? The only reason to buy it is Amazon video!
  - dmoy 10y ago
    No, it is possible to get amazon video over chromecast. It's a bit hacky, but it works.
m_mueller 10y ago
Recent move towards subscriptions and Apple's sign to give up on some revenue. What is it now, 15% after the first year? Could't that be viable for something like Prime video?
andreasklinger 10y ago
i didnt mean that i think for now every of the big players will create their own apps/boxes - i imagine "prime TV" at some point the fragmentation will annoy customers so much that they will find ways to combine - but that's in 5-10 years
- abraae 10y ago
  Might never happen. Chromecast is so cheap that its probably putting downwards price pressure on the devices themselves. And I don't personally have any issue flicking between all of my various "set top" boxes: chromecast, WD Live, Apple TV, old school dvd player, Tivo. After all, what issues does this fragmentation cause, apart from a bit of a mess of HDMI cables, and a shortage of HDMI ports on the TV?
  - duaneb 10y ago
    It's just a different type of DRM lockin. It's absurd the store from which we buy content can dictate how and where we consume it.