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I'm not sure there IS anyone like Google. Apple is all walled garden, but they don't offer all that many services that make sense outside of their platform anyw
by cwyers 12y ago
I'm not sure there IS anyone like Google. Apple is all walled garden, but they don't offer all that many services that make sense outside of their platform anyway -- they don't offer anything like Maps or YouTube. (Well, I guess iTunes, but... Apple gonna Apple.) Amazon is outright weird about supporting non-Fire Android, but they've finally got Amazon Video available on other Android platforms, and stuff like Kindle readers are available for any platform imaginable. Amazon Video is also on the Xbox, Playstation, Wii and Wii U, Roku and all kinds of smart TV/I guess smart BluRay devices. With the weird exception of Xbox Video, Microsoft is pretty much falling all over themselves to be on every platform -- Xbox Music, Xbox Smartglass, Office, Outlook.com, OneNote... they're all on iOS and Android.
Google has a Google PLay app for Roku, at least. They offer some stuff on iOS, but not as much as they do on their own platform. But they're not on Xbox. They're not on Playstation. I can at least reason out why they don't want to be on Windows Phone or such, but... Google isn't competing with the Xbox and Playstation, and they're kidding themselves if they think they are. Why not a Playstation app for movies?
- magicalist 12y ago> But they're not on Xbox. They're not on Playstation There's a google-made youtube app on xboxes and playstations. I've never actually tried buying a play store video so not exactly sure if it works on the consoles themselves, but you can at least purchase them on a computer and then watch them on the playstation (Kotaku did this for The Interview, for instance[1]) [1] http://kotaku.com/sonys-the-interview-can-now-be-seen-on-xbox-but-not-on-1674936343 http://kotaku.com/sonys-the-interview-can-now-be-seen-on-xbo...
- cwyers 12y agoHuh, interesting... I've actually used the YouTube app to watch YouTube videos on the Xbox, but it never occurred to me to try it on Google Play movies. Thanks.