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Old 02-07-2013, 12:49 PM   #17
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It sure seems to be, but doesn't make a lot of sense. Since they keep saying they're in the content business and that they're hardware only serves to sell that content you'd think that they wouldn't deliberately cut off a stream of content revenue.
I think their reasoning has to do with device lock-in. With a Nexus, the average person is free to shop around for content. But with a Fire, they're pretty much locked into Amazon. So if Amazon videos are very important to someone, then chances are they'll buy a Fire instead; thereby ensuring 100% lock-in.

But hey, it's just supposition on my part. Who knows why they're keeping the last part of their ecosystem away from other Android users.
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