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As of today Google is blocking the use of YouTube on Amazon devices
- PinkMilkshake 9y agoThis is interesting. I’m no business strategist but I feel like this is the wrong move on Googles part. It would have been a fine tactic against pretty much any other company. But Amazon is probably the one company with the infrastructure (and will to expand/diversify) to create its own video hosting service and be competitive.
- fatjokes 9y agoFacebook is another, and has created such a competitive video service. However, it is still no YouTube. Amazon also lack's Facebook's social infrastructure for easy search and discovery so presumably they would also have a harder time of it.
- vincengomes 9y agoSo, Amazon not selling google devices is okay, But retaliation from Google is not?
- jacksmith21006 9y agoNo this one is definitely on Amazon.
- matt_the_bass 9y agoThe date on the article is 12/5. I believe apple and google have come to an agreement about this some days ago and “all is good” for the moment.
- james-skemp 9y ago*Amazon. And that's what I last saw as well; Amazon would start selling Google devices. Edit: Just tried it on my Fire TV Stick and I'm told to try Silk or Firefox.
- matt_the_bass 9y agoHa! Good catch. Sorry for my A-word fail.
- nailer 9y agoWeird thing: after you click either of them, it's the same YouTube app, with a little lag.
- james-skemp 9y agoYeah, noticed that when I tried Firefox. Super easy to login via my phone to authorize it, so not sure what the point is on Google playing hardball.
- deegles 9y agoCustomer Obsession meets reality.
- amigoingtodie 9y agoI kept seeing 'promos' for Firefox on the Firestick, and realized why.
- jacksmith21006 9y agoAmazon banned all stores on their market place from selling the Google products. That is like Walmart owning a strip mall and saying all the stores can not sell certain products. That if someone interested you instead have to sell them this competing product. Even though all their other stores not in the strip mall do. Amazon purchased Twitch and removed the app from the Roku. Amazon behavior is getting worse and hope Google can use their muscle and force Amazon to behave. Google has all the cards and Amazon played the only one they had.
- glonq 9y agoIf amazon is going to be anti-consumer and anti-competitive (by refusing to sell certain products), then this is a very reasonable response from Google.