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Re:Amazon Will Ban Sale of Apple, Google Video-Streaming Dev... by wvenable on Thursday October 01, 2015 @04:58PM (#10314657)
But the Chromecast has no interface of it's own! If I use Netflix on Chromecast, I'm in the Netflix app on my tablet or phone. Amazon can still own it's interface.

I don't have enough ports on my TV for a Fire Stick and a Chromecast (and everything else) so I'm going to choose the one with the most options (Chromecast).

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Re:Amazon Will Ban Sale of Apple, Google Video-Streaming Dev... by vidarh on Sunday October 04, 2015 @12:32PM (#10327960)
Yes, but if you're used to picking an app and casting from it, rather than picking a device and chosing apps on it, Amazon faces a much larger hurdle. On the Fire TV/Stick they control the UI. On Chromecast, they have to not only convince you to use Chromecast, but convince you to stay in their app.

They can lose a lot of users and still find it to be worth it for the extra engagement of the ones they did get.

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