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> 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
by 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.?
- kuschku 9y agoSimply by the fact that none of these attempted to build a chromecast receiver? There were three groups working on such a receiver, Google with their Chromecast, Amazon wanted to support receiving chromecasts with the fire TV, and open source projects trying to receive chromecasts on the raspberry pi. Google changed that protocol a few times, only Google's products can receive chromecast streams today.
- foepys 9y agoOh, on the receiver side. So Amazon pulled Chromecast support from their apps because they couldn't get reliable Cast protocol support on their FireTV. Thank you for clarifying.
- kuschku 9y agoYes, that's basically it — they couldn't get reliable cast support to receive on the FireTV, and they couldn't reliably send from the Kindles due to Google's protocol changes. And that was already after Google's anticompetitive actions against the Kindle Fire devices.