Thread: Amazon kicking Apple Tv, Chromecast out of store
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Old 10-02-2015, 02:44 AM   #17
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Originally Posted by AnemicOak View Post
They could certainly add ChromeCast support to their current apps if they wanted to. As for Apple TV, the current one doesn't have an app store so it's hard to say if it's Apple or Amazon keeping it off. The new one that's coming soon will have an app store and presumably Amazon could offer an app there just like they do in the iOS store.
I'm guessing it was a mutual decision in the case of Apple TV prior to App Store. It would have taken too much cooperation and trust to bring it about, between companies that are famously secretive about their plans, and competitive in more than one dimension.

But now there's a public SDK and an App Store, Amazon should just build an app and see what Apple does about it. As noted earlier, Amazon customers who buy Apple stuff are customers that Amazon should want to stay close to. They spend more.

I think Google probably will do a Play Movies & TV app for Apple TV.
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