This @verge story is pretty silly. Amazon has been punishing Google users for years in a very noticeable way.
As a customer of both, I'm happy Google is ratcheting up the pressure. What's the alternative?https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/5/16738752/google-youtube-amazon-punishing-customers-feud …
Can you elaborate? This does not seem true, but maybe there's some inside-amazon knowledge you're aware of?
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No inside knowledge. Try streaming iTunes to Google Home.
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It's not Google v. Amazon, it's Google vs everyone and Amazon vs everyone, individually.
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Unless you count "every app on Android" as a "Google service" I have no idea what you're saying. Are you saying that Google blocks Apple from implementing ChromeCast support in iTunes (and they want to) but it doesn't affect Netflix, Hulu & dozens of other Google competitors?
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You can't implement a cast receiver device without signed cert from Google, and you also must have cast apps registered by Google; they can revoke the registration and your app will cease working everywhere. I doubt they are blocking an Apple app, though.
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I wouldn't call this "punishing its users" myself, but it's a pretty locked down platform even if the bar for getting your apps registered is not very high.
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This is what I was getting at. Coupled with how locked down Action APIs are in Home (you need to be a "Partner" to use half the stuff), I'd say they are.
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Google's legit revoked certs for Cast receiver apps before btw, it's not a hypothetical. Look up YouMap Chromecast Receiver
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That is kind of the idea behind using certs for authentication. When your cert is compromised, you revoke it. The YouMap devs were pretty dumb to think they could sell an app on the store with faked authentication.
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