Google is pulling YouTube from Amazon devices (again)

[Matu20]

Have not used casting ever and feel the need to, how many of you actually do?

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

1 hour ago, Orangeator said:

This is literally the exact reason Google is pulling YouTube support from the Fire Stick, so people just say hey, lets buy a Chrome Cast instead (made by Google). This really isn't consumer friendly.

I doubt either of these companies ever cared about being consumer friendly. 

 

11 minutes ago, djdwosk97 said:

People actually care about Youtube, whereas Amazon Prime Video is terrible.

The only thing Prime has got going for it is The Grand Tour. 

[mynameisjuan]

24 minutes ago, djdwosk97 said:

People actually care about Youtube, whereas Amazon Prime Video is terrible.

Cant argue that point lol

[vorticalbox]

1 hour ago, Orangeator said:

This is literally the exact reason Google is pulling YouTube support from the Fire Stick, so people just say hey, lets buy a Chrome Cast instead (made by Google). This really isn't consumer friendly.

Actually I believe it's because Amazon refused to sell Google stuff on well Amazon and won't give Chromecast access to prime videos/music.

 

It's a case of school yard "but miss Amazon was mean to me"

[handymanshandle]

1 hour ago, Probably Alex said:

Here's hoping that Google doesn't start pulling their content off of Roku devices. 
 

My mom just upgraded from her original chromecast to a roku express, I do and don't care if Google keeps their product on it. 

[elkenrod]

Just use KODI on a raspberry pi....

 

oh wait!

 

seriously though,. I don't understand.  There's a multitude of ways to get YouTube on your TV.

[Drak3]

1 hour ago, Matu20 said:

Have not used casting ever and feel the need to, how many of you actually do?

I've tried it a handful of times. It's just a shit experience on every device that can't act as a stand alone unit. Chromecast dongles being the worst, by far.

[ItsMitch]

1 hour ago, djdwosk97 said:

People actually care about Youtube, whereas Amazon Prime Video is terrible.

well, the grand tour is starting soon so it's not that terrible...... but the majority of it is fairly shit

[divito]

3 hours ago, Orangeator said:

This is literally the exact reason Google is pulling YouTube support from the Fire Stick, so people just say hey, lets buy a Chrome Cast instead (made by Google). This really isn't consumer friendly.

Have you tried to find a Google Home on Amazon?

[Red Hardware]

3 hours ago, davrosG5 said:

Google is pulling YouTube from Echo Show and Fire TV, as feud with Amazon continues

 

 

So that sucks if they don't come to some agreement. I use my FireTV to watch a fair bit of YT content (including the WAN show) on my TV 

Get a chromecast and enjoy youtube etc

[Princess Luna]

2 hours ago, TAHIRMIA said:

What if you want to share something on your phone? Also it is not always convenient for people to have a laptop behind their TV.

You plug the phone on the laptop or bluetooth it? well I mean the laptop can be wherever you want just buy an wireless keyboard and mice sure big remotes but then again you can do just about any thing you want with you TV.

[79wjd]

3 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

You plug the phone on the laptop or bluetooth it? well I mean the laptop can be wherever you want just buy an wireless keyboard and mice sure big remotes but then again you can do just about any thing you want with you TV.

It's still not as convenient. I have an Android TV and I also have my desktop connected to my tv and a trackpad/keyboard on my phone as well as a wireless keyboard+mouse, and I still almost never use it. It's just such much easier to use the Android TV itself. 

[Princess Luna]

2 hours ago, Drak3 said:

10ft UI and a lightweight OS

Windows 10 is light-weighted, sure you might need to tweak a little getting Classic Shell and killing Cortana and all, I do believe it is a better experience overall.

 

 I ran it on a i3 2368m and 2gb of ram perfectly fine for playback stuff on my 1080p tv a few years ago, movies anime all worked fine, also had YouTube and whatever else available, hells I could connect a generic USB controller on it and plays PlayStation 1 games with xPSX, was fun enough in my college times.

[Princess Luna]

Just now, djdwosk97 said:

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Oh yes very valid experience, in the end we all get used to something different, that's the beauty of humanity no?

 

 

[Drak3]

6 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

Windows 10 is light-weighted, sure you might need to tweak a little getting Classic Shell and killing Cortana and all, I do believe it is a better experience overall.

Not even remotely as light weight as stripped back Android. That's also quite a bit of work for a basic media player.

[Donut417]

6 hours ago, Princess Cadence said:

Why not just get a cheap but decent laptop and connect it to the TV through HDMI? I never understood the purpose behind stuff like FireTV

Because the Firestick is $50. A cheap laptop is a lot more. Plus the Firestick works great with a simple remote. A Laptop wont have that, its more of a hassle the use a laptop. 

[SansVarnic]

Not surprised by this one bit, it wont be long till Google pulls support from any OS/Platform that is not of Google.

[Shreyas1]

1 minute ago, SansVarnic said:

Not surprised by this one bit, it wont be long till Google pulls support from any OS/Platform that is not of Google.

RIP YouTube app on IOS

[Drak3]

1 hour ago, SansVarnic said:

Not surprised by this one bit, it wont be long till Google pulls support from any OS/Platform that is not of Google.

RIP Google.

[abazigal]

8 hours ago, vorticalbox said:

Actually I believe it's because Amazon refused to sell Google stuff on well Amazon and won't give Chromecast access to prime videos/music.

 

It's a case of school yard "but miss Amazon was mean to me"

I suspect the real reason is that google and amazon are starting to compete with each other more than ever - such as the sales of cheap gadgets designed for data capturing (echo vs home). Google is likely withholding YouTube from amazon hardware to help boost sales of their own streaming sticks. And amazon needs google more than google needs amazon. 

 

But hey, this probably drove amazon to finally release their prime video app for the Apple TV, so I am not complaining. ?

[alphaproject]

Well the app on my Samsung TV won't launch video as of today but I can still use Youtube on the internet on the same TV. Q7F model 55 inch BTW.

[spartaman64]

On 12/6/2017 at 11:04 AM, Trixanity said:

Unless they get hit with a antitrust lawsuit. Google's ownership of YouTube and all it entails doesn't matter if it infringes on competition laws. Especially in the EU they'll have a hard time pulling anti-consumer shit like that and they've already been smacked a couple of times with more smacks looming in the horizon.

did amazon get hit by an antitrust lawsuit for not having prime music and video on chromcasts

[Prox1ma]

On 12/6/2017 at 10:34 PM, Trixanity said:

Unless they get hit with a antitrust lawsuit. Google's ownership of YouTube and all it entails doesn't matter if it infringes on competition laws. Especially in the EU they'll have a hard time pulling anti-consumer shit like that and they've already been smacked a couple of times with more smacks looming in the horizon.

If it was ok for Amazon to deny Amazon Prime to chromecasts, I see no reason why Google should be punished for this. To me, it just seems like they are reciprocating what Amazon did.

[Tech Enthusiast]

On 6.12.2017 at 5:48 PM, Orangeator said:

You must not understand how laws work... This without a doubt will be put under a microscope.

Laws are pretty silly if they force a company to help other companies by crippling their own business.

I see nothing wrong with this, especially since amazon refuses to sell google products. So why should Google be obligated to offer their services on amazon devices?

[TheCherryKing]

This is typical behavior from Silicon Valley tech giants.