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Amazon FireOS[1] - The OS in its tablets, Phone, Kindle, TV, and Alexa - are all Android-based OS. Given that, I would expect the folks at Amazon to "not do ev
by tzury 9y ago
Amazon FireOS[1] - The OS in its tablets, Phone, Kindle, TV, and Alexa - are all Android-based OS.
Given that, I would expect the folks at Amazon to "not do evil" in form of removing Google products from their virtual shelves.
This is common decency and basic fairness.
But heck, Amazon in 2017-2018 becoming aggressive as Microsoft used to be in the early years of this millennium.
(a joke about both being Seattle based is running in my mind, but I'll skip on it).
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_OS
- ocdtrekkie 9y agoGoogle prohibits Android forks like Fire OS from using their products and services. You can't install the Chromecast app, for example, on a Kindle, therefore, a Kindle owner is unable to set up a new Chromecast without getting a proprietary "Google Android" device, or using Google Chrome, yet another proprietary Google option, to set up the Chromecast. You'll hit similar issues trying to use Amazon devices to interact with other Google hardware like the Google Home. Amazon stopped selling Google devices because Google won't permit those devices to work with Amazon's devices. Side note: You'll find "common decency and basic fairness" doesn't exist in the land of corporate business, and neither Google nor Amazon exhibit it.