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My streamer of choice is a Fire TV Stick because it was cheap ($19) and gets the only two streams I care about - Netflix and Prime Video.
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To me Amazon has been as they describe themselves an A to Z online store that sells everything. I could better understand if they themselves decided not to sell the devices, yet they are also banning third party sellers from selling them. This is a strange move, and I would be very concerned if I was a competitor who depended on AWS. This a petty move by Amazon. They are becoming a "Smother" with their services, from pushing Prime to locking in authors for Kindle Publishing. They are becoming the defacto online retailer of everything. Let's hope they don't develop a rough Amazon brand of toilet paper, would be too bad Angel Soft.
http://fortune.com/2015/10/02/amazon-chromecast-apple/ http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/...own_prime.html Last edited by conan50; 10-03-2015 at 11:30 PM. Reason: added link |
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Chromecast is the 6th best selling item on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-E...bs/electronics They would have stopped selling it long ago if customer problems was the case. The truth is Amazon is shutting out competing products. They want to lock people into their ecosystem. If they only sold hardware and software like Apple, that would be fine. But they are selling themselves as the retailer who sells "everything". If they are shifting that focus to force out competitors and only sell their products, they have become something else and should be honest about it. Look at the timing--Google just released a new Chromecast, Apple will be selling a new Apple TV at the end of the month. Amazon is stifling competitors, only 20% of their customers use Prime Video, so what is the real issue? Quote:
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So... You kids are discussing your TV program, right?
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I can see why, Apple does not like competition in there stores or on its websites, so turn about is fair play.
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I wonder if there's any connection. And I wonder why Amazon would want to shut out Chromecast and Apple TV users from accessing the service.
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I basically agree. This is just stupid. Meanwhile I'll just watch Prime Movies via Chromecast with the Google Cast extension in the Chrome Browser (like I do now). Not the slickest solution, but it works.
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An Amazon search for Chromecast now gives results for Firesticks
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