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Re:Google Is Blocking YouTube on Amazon's Echo Show and Fire TV by anon1385 on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @05:34AM (#15860033)
>Actually that is why you should like web in current form. Google blocked native youtube app, but kept youtube web accessible from amazon devices

From the article:

> Amazon has responded, and its response points to the unfair nature of Google effectively blocking access to the YouTube web site based on the type of device being used to access it. "Echo Show and Fire TV now display a standard web view of YouTube.com and point customers directly to YouTube's existing website," Amazon's statement reads. "Google is setting a disappointing precedent by selectively blocking customer access to an open website. We hope to resolve this with Google as soon as possible."

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Re:Google Is Blocking YouTube on Amazon's Echo Show and Fire TV by finchisko on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @05:38AM (#15860052)
If you think about it, those statements doesn't make sense.

1. Google effectively blocking access to the YouTube web site based on the type of device being used to access it.

2. Show and Fire TV now display a standard web view of YouTube.com and point customers directly to YouTube's existing website

I understood it, that Google blocked Amazon to access youtube via native app. And Amazon reaction was to switch their youtube app to webview, which basically renders web version of youtube.

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