Amazon to Cease Selling Apple TV, Google Chromecast Over 'Prime Video' Incompatibility

nibfiledotcom said:
I'm sure they do. However, they continue to sell products which compete with their own brands (Sam's Choice, Great Value, Equate, Mainstays, etc.). This is to be expected because they are a megamart, not a boutique like Apple.
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You do know Amazon still sells tons of competing stuff like cables, etc. right? This is one product and do you have proof Walmart has never done it with one product?
 
Geronimo said:
I shall write back to say that Apple clearly has never shown any willingness to put its video services on any platform other than Apple hardware. Which is fine, Apple is a hardware company that uses services and software to sell its high-margin hardware. But it indicates to me that the absence of iTunes video on Roku is Apple's decision, not Roku's. Roku even has Google Play, a provider I failed to originally mention, and this despite the fact that Roku does not run a Google-backed OS (Android or Chrome OS). So when you have a hardware maker that offers no streaming service of its own and has EVERYONE except Apple on board, yeah, I'm calling that agnostic. I would bet that Roku would be delighted to offer apps for iTunes and Apple Music but that will never happen because Roku is a major competitor that outsells the Apple TV.
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I use Netflix on my Apple TV, and I pay for my subscription direct to Netflix so Apple sees $0 from this.
I also get Youtube and other services on y Apple TV.
 
Geronimo said:
I shall write back to say that Apple clearly has never shown any willingness to put its video services on any platform other than Apple hardware. Which is fine, Apple is a hardware company that uses services and software to sell its high-margin hardware. But it indicates to me that the absence of iTunes video on Roku is Apple's decision, not Roku's. Roku even has Google Play, a provider I failed to originally mention, and this despite the fact that Roku does not run a Google-backed OS (Android or Chrome OS). So when you have a hardware maker that offers no streaming service of its own and has EVERYONE except Apple on board, yeah, I'm calling that agnostic. I would bet that Roku would be delighted to offer apps for iTunes and Apple Music but that will never happen because Roku is a major competitor that outsells the Apple TV.
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You can call the Roku "agnostic" all you want, but that's an incorrect statement. That's only in your eyes, that's not a point of fact. If other manufacturers are not allowing their competing software to be on the Roku then the Roku is not the one-stop-shop.
 
dumastudetto said:
This is abusive. Amazon will lose a lot of very loyal Apple customers as a result of this. I know I'll never buy another thing from Amazon now they've decided to try and hurt sales of the Apple TV. I hope hundreds of millions of other people take a similar stand.
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You're joking right? So just because apple won't sell the Apple TV, you want to boycott Amazon?
 
DEXTERITY said:
Time for apple to remove the amazon apps from the iphone
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They are piss poor apps anyway because Amazon doesn't want to pay the fees charged by Apple, so most of their content can't be viewed on iOS devices through Airplay anyway.
 
macsrcool1234 said:
cant blame em...does apple sell androids?
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Let Amazon themselves sell whatever they want. But for all the crap already in the Marketplace, Amazon's stated prohibition of Apple TV & Chromecast through those vendors just feels anticompetitive.

Oh, and it really makes me want to upgrade my Apple TV when the new one is available. Not that I would have bought it from Amazon or through the Marketplace in the first place anyway, though. But as a way to flip the bird at Amazon's stupid policy change I think I'm sold.
 
Hey Amazon, I bought a Dyson cordless vac, but it won't play Amazon Prime videos. Can I return it for a refund?

I'm just waiting on Apples official response to be "LOL RT".
 
This is pretty unfortunate. Prime video is a good service, and it has irked me constantly that it has never appeared on AppleTV. However, the ability to AirPlay it from my iPad is pretty solid, and in fact gives me a much more powerful control surface for skipping forward/back, pausing, etc.
 
Toltepeceno said:
Another Pom Pom waver.
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I'm guessing you're just being willfully obtuse but Apple physical stores have limited space. Of course they're going to give their own products shelf space over the competiton. And now they've added another laptop, Watch and iPad Pro. They can't just magically increase physical retail space. Amazon was selling other people's stuff in their online store way before they ever started competing with them. Apple stores are for the express purpose of showcasing Apple products. Apple wouldn't have to offer any third party stuff in their physical stores if they didn't want to. They're not a general purpose retailer.
 
jase1125 said:
Support Amazon completely. Love my apple products, but they would go before I cease using Amazon Prime. I am sure Apple is blocking Amazon video because they want a cut and Amazon balked. Really irrelevant since both Fire and Apple TV can't compete with Roku.
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This is exactly the reason. It's a shame so many Apple fanboys don't take thirty seconds to open a new tab and do a google search.
 
sevoneone said:
I don't think it is a matter of Amazon not wanting to make an App for the AppleTV. It is Apple not allowing them to publish it. Apple sees Amazon as a direct competitor to iTunes... and they are.
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This exactly. From the article, it doesn't sound like Amazon's being the exclusive one here. It sounds like Google and Apple are. This has been one of my biggest disappointments with Apple. I wish they would allow Amazon and Vudu and other services on their boxes. I'd be more likely to use it then. Until then, I stick with Roku and Tivo.
 
bpeeps said:
This is exactly the reason. It's a shame so many Apple fanboys don't take thirty seconds to open a new tab and do a google search.
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I wish they would just release the app and not allow purchases in it, like they do for ios and android handheld device apps. Or they could just add the apple and google tax into the price like netflix (and spotify?) does on their apple tv app.
 
JuryDuty said:
This exactly. From the article, it doesn't sound like Amazon's being the exclusive one here. It sounds like Google and Apple are. This has been one of my biggest disappointments with Apple. I wish they would allow Amazon and Vudu and other services on their boxes. I'd be more likely to use it then. Until then, I stick with Roku and Tivo.
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Based on what exactly? Did Amazon say Apple is refusing to accept an Amazon app for the new TV?
 
Weaselboy said:
Just curious why not? I just checked Apple.com for this Macbook (screenshot) and it is $100 less from Amazon and would be delivered one day sooner from Amazon. Plus I get 3% cash back on my Amazon (Chase) VISA card for all Amazon purchases. So that gets me my new MacBook one day sooner and saves me just over $150. I'm not seeing a downside?

Amazon of course does not offer BTO options, but for a stock model Amazon makes sense to me. To be fair, I have Amazon Prime so I get free two day shipping.

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Yep, I have never bought an apple product direct from Apple. I don't see paying extra when you get the same warranty.
 
For those saying "why can't they simply just make an Amazon prime app for Apple TV?"

Because Apple won't let them, same reason they don't allow Vudu/ultra violet to make an app

So why should Amazon sell it? Apple does the exact same thing
 
Rogifan said:
Based on what exactly? Did Amazon say Apple is refusing to accept an Amazon app for the new TV?
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Because it's a much more complicated issue than a cry of "outright refusal" would describe. Any article besides the one posted here gives insight into the dynamic between the companies and it all comes down to pricing. Neither company is necessarily in the wrong, but they are both holding to the standards they find acceptable. Thus Amazon Prime Video remains off these two devices.
 
Aluminum213 said:
For those saying "why can't they simply just make an Amazon prime app for Apple TV?"

Because Apple won't let them, same reason they don't allow Vudu/ultra violet to make an app

So why should Amazon sell it? Apple does the exact same thing
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Stand by for the onslaught of applebot attacks. I can hear the "your base are belong to us" already.
 
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