Re:The Echo Dot was the best-selling product on Amazon this ...
by geoffpado on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @12:56AM
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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...
Re:The Echo Dot was the best-selling product on Amazon this ...
by megablast on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @01:54AM
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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.
Re:The Echo Dot was the best-selling product on Amazon this ...
by Mindwipe on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @04:05AM
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And allowed downloads, putting Google at billions of dollars in liabilities on their music license agreements.
Re:The Echo Dot was the best-selling product on Amazon this ...
by ygra on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @07:53AM
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Funnily enough, MetroTube does both as well and continues to work.
Re:The Echo Dot was the best-selling product on Amazon this ...
by Mindwipe on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @04:04AM
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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.
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.