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Then how come they sell pixel phones? Edit: I did some googling and it appears that amazon pulled both Apple TV and Chromecast because they didn't offer Amazon

Then how come they sell pixel phones? Edit: I did some googling and it appears that amazon pulled both Apple TV and Chromecast because they didn't offer Amazon Prime. Which is clearly abuse of their position in the market to me but I'm just a layperson. Then int 2017 they were slated to come back but now in 2018 I can't find chromecasts anymore. Only peripherals for it and clones. Edit: Lol I just noticed they're selling the "fire tv stick" instead. What a stupid name.

pbhjpbhj 9y ago
How is FireTV stupid, well more stupid than any product name? Amazon have a media receiver line called Fire, FireTV fits the brand and tells you what it does, same as Chromecast -- same format.
- Something1234 9y ago
  Fire TV is garbage. The only reason to buy one is to flash something else on to it. It doesn't support casting and good luck finding something good to watch.
  - pbhjpbhj 9y ago
    Well I use it and have found we watch Netflix in preference to terrestrial UK TV to the point we watch so little BBC now we might go back to streaming only and forgo the license fee. A chacun son gout.
- INTPenis 9y ago
  I got a bad impression from the product on amazon. The shape was square compared to round, the name sounded too much like fire stick and wasn't easy on the tongue. I know now that it's based on Fire (and they have another product called Kindle) but when I just saw the product image say "fire tv stick" with a square USB device in the background I was not impressed.
foepys 9y ago
> it appears that amazon pulled both Apple TV and Chromecast because they didn't offer Amazon Prime. Amazon pulled Prime Video off of Chromecast themselves to sell the Fire TV (stick). Google did not remove Amazon's apps.
- sashagim 9y ago
  Google did pull YouTube app from Amazon devices. https://www.engadget.com/2017/12/05/google-blocking-youtube-on-amazon-echo-show-fire-tv/ https://www.engadget.com/2017/12/05/google-blocking-youtube-...
  - Grazester 9y ago
    That was in retaliation to Amazon nonsense. Get your timelines straight.
    - yrro 9y ago
      rude
  - deleted 9y ago
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- kuschku 9y ago
  Google first changed the Chromecast protocol a few times to prevent Amazon from using it. There’s a lot of fuckery there, and those of us that tried to build open source chromecast clones got fucked by Google as well. If you wish to argue against this, please offer me a way to implement the Chromecast protocol on a raspberry pi, reliably, without it constantly being broken by Google’s updates.
  - foepys 9y ago
    > Google first changed the Chromecast protocol a few times to prevent Amazon from using it. How can they do that without also kicking out Netflix, Twitch, Hulu, etc.?

pbhjpbhj 9y ago

How is FireTV stupid, well more stupid than any product name? Amazon have a media receiver line called Fire, FireTV fits the brand and tells you what it does, same as Chromecast -- same format.

Something1234 9y ago
Fire TV is garbage. The only reason to buy one is to flash something else on to it. It doesn't support casting and good luck finding something good to watch.
- pbhjpbhj 9y ago
  Well I use it and have found we watch Netflix in preference to terrestrial UK TV to the point we watch so little BBC now we might go back to streaming only and forgo the license fee. A chacun son gout.
INTPenis 9y ago
I got a bad impression from the product on amazon. The shape was square compared to round, the name sounded too much like fire stick and wasn't easy on the tongue. I know now that it's based on Fire (and they have another product called Kindle) but when I just saw the product image say "fire tv stick" with a square USB device in the background I was not impressed.

foepys 9y ago

> it appears that amazon pulled both Apple TV and Chromecast because they didn't offer Amazon Prime. Amazon pulled Prime Video off of Chromecast themselves to sell the Fire TV (stick). Google did not remove Amazon's apps.

sashagim 9y ago
Google did pull YouTube app from Amazon devices. https://www.engadget.com/2017/12/05/google-blocking-youtube-on-amazon-echo-show-fire-tv/ https://www.engadget.com/2017/12/05/google-blocking-youtube-...
- Grazester 9y ago
  That was in retaliation to Amazon nonsense. Get your timelines straight.
  - yrro 9y ago
    rude
- deleted 9y ago
  [deleted]
kuschku 9y ago
Google first changed the Chromecast protocol a few times to prevent Amazon from using it. There’s a lot of fuckery there, and those of us that tried to build open source chromecast clones got fucked by Google as well. If you wish to argue against this, please offer me a way to implement the Chromecast protocol on a raspberry pi, reliably, without it constantly being broken by Google’s updates.
- foepys 9y ago
  > Google first changed the Chromecast protocol a few times to prevent Amazon from using it. How can they do that without also kicking out Netflix, Twitch, Hulu, etc.?