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Re:The Echo Dot was the best-selling product on Amazon this ... by figgis on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @01:04PM (#16016581)
No that's on Amazon. Chromecast is open and free to use. On top of which Amazon has shutdown any homegrown solutions sooo.

https://developers.google.com/cast/

Amazon is the one banning it.

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Re:The Echo Dot was the best-selling product on Amazon this ... by echosmith on Thursday December 28, 2017 @06:00AM (#16021408)
Amazon doesn't want to support being a cast source because it's products are not allowed to be cast targets.
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Re:The Echo Dot was the best-selling product on Amazon this ... by figgis on Thursday December 28, 2017 @05:16PM (#16025455)
Which Amazon brought upon themselves by doing the exact same thing years (read: YEARS) before any retaliation by Google.

Amazon is the one stopping casting from their devices. Not Google. Google Cast is free to setup for. https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/design_checklist/

Nothing needs to be sold through Google Cast, no royalties, etc. All Amazon has to do is SUPPORT it. Or atleast allow homegrown solutions to thrive.

I agree this is a stupid 'feud' that only hurts consumers and I have my likes and dislikes for both companies but if you cannot see the difference here then I'm not sure how to help.

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