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Re:The Echo Dot was the best-selling product on Amazon this ... by cma on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @12:10AM (#16012984)
Sounds sort of like the lack of Youtube on Windows Phone.
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Re:The Echo Dot was the best-selling product on Amazon this ... by eh78ssxv2f on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @12:15AM (#16013009)
Isn't it different though?

Publishing YouTube app on Windows Phone requires Google to put extra effort into developing an app for a completely new platform which I assume requires lot of engineering effort.

Selling Chromecast on Amazon probably does not cost Amazon any extra engineering effort. So, I do not believe that the two situations are equivalent.

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Re:The Echo Dot was the best-selling product on Amazon this ... by geoffpado on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @12:56AM (#16013174)
Microsoft put out their own YouTube app, no development needed from Google. Google then blocked that app: https://www.theverge.com/2013/8/15/4624706/google-blocks-win...
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Re:The Echo Dot was the best-selling product on Amazon this ... by megablast on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @01:54AM (#16013335)
Sure, since Microsoft didn’t show any ads for google. I think Microsoft might be pissed if google started hosting free copies of their software on their servers.
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Re:The Echo Dot was the best-selling product on Amazon this ... by Mindwipe on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @04:05AM (#16013713)
And allowed downloads, putting Google at billions of dollars in liabilities on their music license agreements.
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Re:The Echo Dot was the best-selling product on Amazon this ... by ygra on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @07:53AM (#16014468)
Funnily enough, MetroTube does both as well and continues to work.
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Re:The Echo Dot was the best-selling product on Amazon this ... by Mindwipe on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @04:04AM (#16013709)
It unquestionably requires engineering effort. And business effort to clear the rights.

It's fairly straightforward as these things go, but to suggest it doesn't require anything is flat out wrong.

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