Amazon vs. Google: Stress in the living room

Google Now blocks YouTube on several Amazon devices. However, the dispute may well start – to the detriment of the customers.

Amazon vs. Google: Stress in the living room
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    For owners of Amazon's Fire TV and Echo show, Nicholas brings a premature Christmas present, which y would probably only exchange again: from January 1, 2018 you can not use DieTV box or smart loudspeaker with screen on YouTubezugreifen. Anyone who n calls YouTube app on Fire TV will get EinenHinweis on alternative devices that continue to support video platform.

    The reason is a smoldering dispute between Google UndAmazon, which at first glance looks like Zank of two primary school children on DemSchulhof. But it could also be a foretaste of how SichTechnologiekonzerne in future will be more encapsulated from each or, to detriment of customers.

    Amazon and Google are now competing in several different spheres. Both companies have TV hardware on offer, y operate eigeneStreamingdienste for music and movies and y are now among denführenden providers of smart speakers and digital assistants. Still istAmazons echo in this segment best-selling device. But Google wants to catch up with his home speaker and Google Assistant.

    The dispute smouldering for a long time

    Tensions don't stop re. So Amazon took Chromecast from assortment for past two years, Google home did not lead shipper from beginning. For Googlemitentwickelte Android operating system re was for a long time no standalone Appfür Amazon Prime Video and until today streaming service does not work with Chromecast. Last month, Amazon also stopped selling some of Google's subsidiary Nest products.

    That was obviously too much for people in charge of Google. " We have tried to reach an agreement with Amazon to allow consumers access to products and services of each or. Given this lack of Gegenseitigkeitunterstützen, we no longer have YouTube at Echo Show and Fire TV, "says Esoffiziell.

    Amazon replies in a press release that Google is proceeding with a bad example when it refuses selected customers advises to a freely accessible website. In fact, a few weeks ago YouTube app BlockierteGoogle on Echo show, Lautsprechermit integrated screen. As a reason, Google called a "SchlechteNutzererfahrung". As a result, Amazon directed Echo users to Websitevon YouTube, Wasnicht looked nice, but at least worked. But Google did not fit that, apparently because Amazon used its own voice commands, which violated YouTubesNutzungsbedingungen.

    Both companies Damitkennen to use ir own market dominance as a means of printing. Google has long refused to bring its services – really never seriously competing – WindowsPhone, was also imclinch with developers of browser opera and got a penalty in summer eurochinacom EU competition guards amount of 2.4 billion euros Against which it has appealed. Amazon, in turn, used SeineMarktmacht in both online trading and long-term disputes with DerVerlagsbranche to name just two examples.

    Date Of Update: 07 December 2017, 12:03
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