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Google pulls YouTube from Amazon devices, escalating spat
A rare public spat in the technology industry escalated on Tuesday when Google said it would block its video streaming application YouTube from two Amazon.com Inc devices and criticized the online retailer for not selling Google hardware.
[...] In a statement, Google said, "Amazon doesn't carry Google products like Chromecast and Google Home, doesn't make (its) Prime Video available for Google Cast users, and last month stopped selling some of (our sister company) Nest's latest products. "Given this lack of reciprocity, we are no longer supporting YouTube on Echo Show and Fire TV," Google said. "We hope we can reach an agreement to resolve these issues soon."
[...] Amazon said in a statement, "Google is setting a disappointing precedent by selectively blocking customer access to an open website." It said it hoped to resolve the issue with Google as soon as possible but customers could access YouTube through the internet - not an app - on the devices in the meantime.
Meanwhile, Amazon Prime Video has come to the Apple TV.
Also at The Verge and Variety.
Previously: Google Pulls YouTube off of the Amazon Echo Show
Google's "Manhattan" to Compete With Amazon's Echo Show
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 07 2017, @03:24AM (5 children)
You just forgot that Wars involve civlians and in this case the (cool-aid) buying public are the casualties.
(Score: 2) by Arik on Thursday December 07 2017, @03:43AM (4 children)
I'm talking about a literal war. With guns and bombs and body parts scattered all about. Legalize murder. Why should governments have all the fun?
Of course, you probably don't know what 'literal' means either, do you?
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 07 2017, @05:00AM
It's like liberal, but with a T instead?
(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Thursday December 07 2017, @07:55AM (1 child)
Is that the kind of stuff you find in literature? So, like, fiction and fantasy and fairy stories?
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 07 2017, @09:46AM
no, no.
it refers to "letter", which is a drawing, or a picture.
old people use them instead of emoticons.
so a literal war is when people start typing U+1F4A9 at each other.
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Thursday December 07 2017, @09:29AM
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.