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Amazon to Cease Selling Apple TV, Google Chromecast Over 'Prime Video' Incompatibility
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Netflix and Hulu are on it. If they wanted, they can have their app on there.
Does Amazon want to though. That's the question.
Does Amazon want to though. That's the question.
Oh really? I just did a search on apple.com and found four Bose products for sale. Perhaps they were removed from the physical stores because those stores have limited space and Apple obviously is going to make room for its products first. But let's also not forget Bose telling NFL athletes they can't wear Beats headphones on field or in press conferences because of the deal they have with the NFL.
I have to think you don't get it. AppleTV is still currently a closed system. Until AppleTV4 is released, it will be closed. That's why they didn't get on it before. Last time I checked, Amazon Prime is available for iOS which is an "open" system, by open I mean any developer can submit an app. I can't speak for Google nor would I care to.
Amazon knows the new Apple TV box is coming in less than a month. If they were planning to release an app for it, they wouldn't be discontinuing sales of Apple TV now.
Something has gone wrong behind the scenes.
Exactly. Why wouldn't Apple offer them exactly the same terms they gave Netflix?
They just want better terms (i.e. certainly not pay Apple anything).
If they were really "blocked", they would have said so very clearly.
"Customer confusion" is just marketing nonsense. This just a power play. Apple does it all the time. (And it's totally fine up to the point where antitrust regulations kick in.)
The same can be said of pretty much every converged device. They are all, by design, suitable for more than one task. The new ATV, for example, is a gaming console, a media player, a shopping gateway, a home automation hub, and whatever else develops come up with. Maybe Inuit will release a version of TurboTax for it, and I'll do my taxes on the ATV next year.
What is an important feature for you isn't an important for someone else.
Amazon seems to be targeting specifically Google and Apple, and justifying with a bogus policy about incompatibility with Prime Video that they're aren't applying equal to all products in their store.
Maybe Amazon Prime Movie/TV Show streaming came to Apple than I would worry about this but since both companies want to act like the Cable companies trolling skillz it was expected.
Their Fire TV devices are actually doing quite well. They were the top selling streaming media devices for the first quarter of this year and have sold over 4.5 million units after about a year in the market. For sales in 2014 they actually overtook Apple, not bad for their first offering.
Interesting sales data. I'm not sure where they sell them, but not in my area. Everyone I know has Apple TV or a Roku. And I think that the new Apple TV coming out next month is going to sell like wildfire. (pun intended)
AppleTV currently is not an app submit-able system like iOS is. It's currently closed. They get to pick and choose. Pretty moronic of Amazon to do it RIGHT as Apple is gearing up to allow them to do exactly what they're complaining about. Sounds like they're pushing their weight around to try and harm/slow AppleTV4 sales whenever it comes out.
Glad I don't watch TV any more...I'm sure there is some great programs out there, but I don't have time to sit for hours at a time.
The system is broken. Before you had individual channels, now you have individual 'apps'. If I have to buy several different 'box tops' or gadgets...forget it.
The system is broken. Before you had individual channels, now you have individual 'apps'. If I have to buy several different 'box tops' or gadgets...forget it.
THEY DO. I have Amazon Prime app on both my iPhone and on my IPad. Apple is not stopping Amazon Prime from being on their devices. Have you heard of IOS universal cross platform.
Amazon uses re-sellers, So why did they do it? I can not wait for alibaba to start selling stuff in Europe.
Mobile devices are a different market than home TV. These companies are competing over "the future of TV", as Apple put it.
My theory: Amazon approached Apple about making an Amazon streaming app for tvOS, Apple turned them down, and this is Amazon's retaliation. Perhaps they hope to put enough pressure on Apple to allow the app through.
Exactly! You're making my point even stronger! Apple was getting tons of flack right here on MR for attempting to remove Bose off their shelves now that Apple owns and promotes Beats headphones. And what Apple was doing was much more logical than what Amazon is doing since Apple's stores are small local retail stores. Apple is not a major online mall like Amazon is (your own words) so Amazon is looking like an insecure company being this petty.
Is that what Apple was doing when they dropped Bose after buying beats? Playing some sort of victim?
Please do, I think their current app is crap and purposely confusing by mixing Free prime and non free content to catch people off guard to pay up for some content.
Ah, so that's why I can buy it online still hu? Apparently you haven't heard of shelf space.
No, but that's not the point.
This is a very interesting change for Amazon. If you ask the question, "What does Amazon sell?" the answer *was* "Everything they can." Now, the answer is more complicated. This is a sign that their core business strategy is changing.
Funny how it's bad when anyone else does it but good when Apple does, like dropping Bose when they bought beats. All stores get to pick and choose what they sell.