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Re:Amazon Is Becoming the New Microsoft by wlesieutre on Sunday November 19, 2017 @01:46PM (#15735201)
Not that I think they should be required to carry everything, but it's stupid from a consumer perspective. All the home streaming and "smart speaker" devices have important differences in what they can do and what they're compatible with. They're not interchangeable.

It'd be more like Safeway refusing to sell Mission brand tortillas because they have Safeway brand tortilla chips and that's basically the same thing, right? It's made from flour into thin layers and you eat it.

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Re:Amazon Is Becoming the New Microsoft by kazinator on Sunday November 19, 2017 @04:14PM (#15735975)
> They're not interchangeable.

While that is true, more importantly, they are their respective purveyors' spyware devices using which they intend to claw their way into people's lives to an even greater extent.

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Re:Amazon Is Becoming the New Microsoft by wlesieutre on Sunday November 19, 2017 @06:06PM (#15736469)
And claw you into their ecosystems.

Amazon is more than happy to sell you other brands of USB cables or clothes, despite having their own "Amazon Basics" brand.

But they draw the line at other brands of eBook readers and media players.

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