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Isn't it different though? Publishing YouTube app on Windows Phone requires Google to put extra effort into developing an app for a completely new platform whi

Isn't it different though? Publishing YouTube app on Windows Phone requires Google to put extra effort into developing an app for a completely new platform which I assume requires lot of engineering effort. Selling Chromecast on Amazon probably does not cost Amazon any extra engineering effort. So, I do not believe that the two situations are equivalent.

geoffpado 9y ago
Microsoft put out their own YouTube app, no development needed from Google. Google then blocked that app: https://www.theverge.com/2013/8/15/4624706/google-blocks-window-phone-youtube-app https://www.theverge.com/2013/8/15/4624706/google-blocks-win...
- megablast 9y ago
  Sure, since Microsoft didn’t show any ads for google. I think Microsoft might be pissed if google started hosting free copies of their software on their servers.
  - Mindwipe 9y ago
    And allowed downloads, putting Google at billions of dollars in liabilities on their music license agreements.
    - ygra 9y ago
      Funnily enough, MetroTube does both as well and continues to work.
Mindwipe 9y ago
It unquestionably requires engineering effort. And business effort to clear the rights. It's fairly straightforward as these things go, but to suggest it doesn't require anything is flat out wrong.