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Re:Amazon won't sell you a Chromecast, but they will sell a ... by pbhjpbhj on Saturday March 03, 2018 @06:36AM (#16508854)
FWIW Google are equally petty here. They blocked the YouTube app on my Android device because it's branded with an Amazon owned brand (FireTV).

Presumably if I had more control I could rewrite the UA and Google would not punish me because they're having a tantrum over Amazon.

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Re:Amazon won't sell you a Chromecast, but they will sell a ... by tacomonstrous on Saturday March 03, 2018 @09:43AM (#16509428)
This is the only way they have of responding to Amazon's petty behavior. Hard to blame them if the other party won't interact in good faith.
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