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Re:Google Is Blocking YouTube on Amazon's Echo Show and Fire TV by alaxsxaq on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @04:26AM (#15859764)
They are definitely blocking access to the web site now. First, Google blocked the app because it 'didn't comply with their policies'. Then Amazon changed it so YouTube access from these devices was, essentially, directly through the website. Now that is blocked as well.

Google has a point about Amazon not carrying their devices, but I'd take a different approach - I'd lead every YouTube video played through a Fire device with an ad for Google's devices.

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Re:Google Is Blocking YouTube on Amazon's Echo Show and Fire TV by hrktb on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @06:28AM (#15860290)
What I find jarring is the asymetry of the effect.

Amazon punishes Google directly as a company: users wanting Google product only have to change the URL in their browser.

Google in return punishes customer having already bought their Amazon device. If the customer uses a Fire stick for intance, the only alternative to have youtube on the tv is to buy another dongle.

The level of fucking with the end customer is disproportionate.

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Re:Google Is Blocking YouTube on Amazon's Echo Show and Fire TV by b4lancesh33t on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @07:56AM (#15860711)
Not true. Amazon punishes me every time I want to cast Amazon video to my Chromecast. I think the two situations are quite analogous.
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Re:Google Is Blocking YouTube on Amazon's Echo Show and Fire TV by glenneroo on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @08:11AM (#15860799)
And Amazon Prime Video punishes me for trying to play video on a device via VGA cable, which they say is not HDCP compatible, therefore they limit it to 480p (when the projector supports HD/1080p).
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Re:Google Is Blocking YouTube on Amazon's Echo Show and Fire TV by Spivak on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @12:35PM (#15862989)
If this really annoys you, and it would annoy me, you can buy an HDMI splitter that strips HDCP. They run from between $5-$40 depending on whether you trust some no-name brand.
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Re:Google Is Blocking YouTube on Amazon's Echo Show and Fire TV by ygra on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @11:30AM (#15862367)
Is that Amazon Prime Video punishing you or the wishes of content copyright holders?
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Re:Google Is Blocking YouTube on Amazon's Echo Show and Fire TV by glenneroo on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @05:33PM (#15865703)
I suppose both. But Netflix works fine.
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Re:Google Is Blocking YouTube on Amazon's Echo Show and Fire TV by oneweekwonder on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @10:07AM (#15861537)
and the rest of the world just source their content via explicit means. Because they find their time more valuable then a "legal grey area"/"moral high ground"/"doing what is right".
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Re:Google Is Blocking YouTube on Amazon's Echo Show and Fire TV by majewsky on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @06:54AM (#15860421)
> users wanting Google product only have to change the URL in their browser.

For most customers, that's about as "doesn't work" as it gets.

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