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Is there precedent for a company restricting access to its website by a competitor's device for competitive reasons?

spydum 9y ago
like how you can't view amazon prime videos from android tablets (or at least, certain versions iirc.. amazon yanked it's apk from play store. i dont recall why, but some people simply side-loaded from amazon store).
- GabrielF00 9y ago
  That's an app. Apps are inherently* limited to a particular OS. I'm asking if a company has restricted a website for competitive reasons. *Not counting something like phone gap.
- astr0n0m3r 9y ago
  I think you recall incorrectly. There's an Amazon Prime Video app in the Play Store.
  - lsaferite 9y ago
    Now. For a period of time Amazon removed it though.
dominotw 9y ago
chormecast only works in chorme. amazon video doesn't support chromecast.
- deleted 9y ago
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foolrush 9y ago
Apple Trailers on Android?
tootie 9y ago
I don't it's blocking the site. They're discontinuing the app. FireTV doesn't directly support web browsing at all.
- GabrielF00 9y ago
  Echo Show switched to showing YouTube through the web after Google blocked it the first time. Now it looks like Google is blocking the website. https://9to5google.com/2017/11/21/youtube-back-on-amazon-echo-show/ https://9to5google.com/2017/11/21/youtube-back-on-amazon-ech...
- russellbeattie 9y ago
  https://www.engadget.com/2017/11/28/amazon-silk-web-browser-fire-tv/ https://www.engadget.com/2017/11/28/amazon-silk-web-browser-...
mooman219 9y ago
One example is when Google got the third party YouTube app removed from the Windows Store. Google had refused to make a decent YouTube port on the store, and so a very well made third party one was introduced. It had all the features that YouTube Red boasts today, but it didn't support ads. This was not because the developers were trying to make a play on Google, but because there wasn't an API to serve ads. They mentioned they were more than happy to comply, but were served a C&D and the app was killed.

like how you can't view amazon prime videos from android tablets (or at least, certain versions iirc.. amazon yanked it's apk from play store. i dont recall why, but some people simply side-loaded from amazon store).

GabrielF00 9y ago
That's an app. Apps are inherently* limited to a particular OS. I'm asking if a company has restricted a website for competitive reasons. *Not counting something like phone gap.
astr0n0m3r 9y ago
I think you recall incorrectly. There's an Amazon Prime Video app in the Play Store.
- lsaferite 9y ago
  Now. For a period of time Amazon removed it though.

dominotw 9y ago

chormecast only works in chorme. amazon video doesn't support chromecast.

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foolrush 9y ago

Apple Trailers on Android?

tootie 9y ago

I don't it's blocking the site. They're discontinuing the app. FireTV doesn't directly support web browsing at all.

GabrielF00 9y ago
Echo Show switched to showing YouTube through the web after Google blocked it the first time. Now it looks like Google is blocking the website. https://9to5google.com/2017/11/21/youtube-back-on-amazon-echo-show/ https://9to5google.com/2017/11/21/youtube-back-on-amazon-ech...
russellbeattie 9y ago
https://www.engadget.com/2017/11/28/amazon-silk-web-browser-fire-tv/ https://www.engadget.com/2017/11/28/amazon-silk-web-browser-...

mooman219 9y ago

One example is when Google got the third party YouTube app removed from the Windows Store. Google had refused to make a decent YouTube port on the store, and so a very well made third party one was introduced. It had all the features that YouTube Red boasts today, but it didn't support ads. This was not because the developers were trying to make a play on Google, but because there wasn't an API to serve ads. They mentioned they were more than happy to comply, but were served a C&D and the app was killed.