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All Google-branded products are blacklisted on Amazon. If you search for "Chromecast", your results will be Fire Sticks and then knockoff Chromecasts called "An

All Google-branded products are blacklisted on Amazon. If you search for "Chromecast", your results will be Fire Sticks and then knockoff Chromecasts called "Anycast".

kuschku 9y ago
Not at all, many Google oroducts are available, and easily found. The Nexus devices, for example. But Google refuses to provide a way for Amazon to support Chromecast from all devices (including Kindles), so Amazon obviously had to make their own solution.
- epicide 9y ago
  Search Amazon specifically for "chromecast" and see what you get. First result is a Fire Stick. "Amazon's Choice" -- okay, that's fair, I guess. Second result is a Roku Stick. Odd, but at least it's relevant? Third result thru the rest of the page is a bunch of blatant knockoffs of both styles of Chromecast. That's pretty shitty. Edit: to clarify, by "shitty" I mean "user hostile". They would rather push me towards a clear knockoff of what I'm searching for instead of the product I'm clearly searching for.
- DerfNet 9y ago
  >The Nexus devices So you can buy used or refurbished phones from some third party retailer, great, but you cannot buy a Pixel or Chromecast or Google Home. Also, is it Google preventing Amazon from getting Prime onto their devices? I've always been under the impression this was Amazon's choice, as it helps them move more Fire sticks.
  - kuschku 9y ago
    > So you can buy used or refurbished phones from some third party retailer, great, but you cannot buy a Pixel or Chromecast or Google Home. New nexus devices are still for sale. > Also, is it Google preventing Amazon from getting Prime onto their devices? I've always been under the impression this was Amazon's choice, as it helps them move more Fire sticks. Correct, Google requires Play Services nowadays for Chromecast. Amazon Prime Video and Netflix both used to support Chromecast on Kindle devices and elsewhere, Google disabled that functionality, and Amazon removed it elsewhere. Fire sticks are sold at a loss.
    - scarface74 9y ago
      Correct, Google requires Play Services nowadays for Chromecast. How does that explain ChromeCast support for third party IOS apps?
      - kuschku 9y ago
        Google has a separate, proprietary, obfuscated, binary for iOS. Amazon can’t exactly use this on their Kindle devices.
        scarface74 9y ago
        Good point. I remember Marco Arment said he wouldn’t add ChromeCast support to OverCast because he wasn’t comfortable adding a third party binary blob to his code.
scarface74 9y ago
The AppleTV was similarly blacklisted by Amazon until they made the deal to have Amazon Video on AppleTV. There was nothing stopping Amazon from writing an app for the AppleTV 4 or for that matter working with Apple to make one for AppleTV 3

All Google-branded products are blacklisted on Amazon. If you search for "Chromecast", your results will be Fire Sticks and then knockoff Chromecasts called "Anycast".

kuschku 9y ago

Not at all, many Google oroducts are available, and easily found. The Nexus devices, for example. But Google refuses to provide a way for Amazon to support Chromecast from all devices (including Kindles), so Amazon obviously had to make their own solution.

epicide 9y ago
Search Amazon specifically for "chromecast" and see what you get. First result is a Fire Stick. "Amazon's Choice" -- okay, that's fair, I guess. Second result is a Roku Stick. Odd, but at least it's relevant? Third result thru the rest of the page is a bunch of blatant knockoffs of both styles of Chromecast. That's pretty shitty. Edit: to clarify, by "shitty" I mean "user hostile". They would rather push me towards a clear knockoff of what I'm searching for instead of the product I'm clearly searching for.
DerfNet 9y ago
>The Nexus devices So you can buy used or refurbished phones from some third party retailer, great, but you cannot buy a Pixel or Chromecast or Google Home. Also, is it Google preventing Amazon from getting Prime onto their devices? I've always been under the impression this was Amazon's choice, as it helps them move more Fire sticks.
- kuschku 9y ago
  > So you can buy used or refurbished phones from some third party retailer, great, but you cannot buy a Pixel or Chromecast or Google Home. New nexus devices are still for sale. > Also, is it Google preventing Amazon from getting Prime onto their devices? I've always been under the impression this was Amazon's choice, as it helps them move more Fire sticks. Correct, Google requires Play Services nowadays for Chromecast. Amazon Prime Video and Netflix both used to support Chromecast on Kindle devices and elsewhere, Google disabled that functionality, and Amazon removed it elsewhere. Fire sticks are sold at a loss.
  - scarface74 9y ago
    Correct, Google requires Play Services nowadays for Chromecast. How does that explain ChromeCast support for third party IOS apps?
    - kuschku 9y ago
      Google has a separate, proprietary, obfuscated, binary for iOS. Amazon can’t exactly use this on their Kindle devices.
      - scarface74 9y ago
        Good point. I remember Marco Arment said he wouldn’t add ChromeCast support to OverCast because he wasn’t comfortable adding a third party binary blob to his code.

scarface74 9y ago

The AppleTV was similarly blacklisted by Amazon until they made the deal to have Amazon Video on AppleTV. There was nothing stopping Amazon from writing an app for the AppleTV 4 or for that matter working with Apple to make one for AppleTV 3