I can understand not wanting to build an app yourself, but when you hold a monopoly on internet video and you won't allow your platform competitors to build an app on their own dime, that really should have triggered antitrust action.

I can remember Google taking similar actions to lock out Amazon's Echo Show.

https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/26/16371292/google-youtube-a...

If anything, Google has been too aggressive.