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Amazon Could Be Stealing Google's Most Beloved Idea As Part of Their War
Google and Amazon have been sparring for a long time, but in recent months, their battle has become even more bitter. One particularly contentious element of their dispute is a longstanding issue with YouTube, which Google owns. Basically, Amazon wants the YouTube app to be available on services like its Fire TV and Echo Show. But because of myriad unresolved issues in the two entities’ pasts, Google announced on December 5 that it’ll pull the YouTube app from these Amazon devices if the companies can’t find common ground by January 1.
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The war could be thawing as Amazon has added Google's Chromecast to their store, something that helped lead to this. Also, couldn't you just obtain the YouTube apk from the app store and bypass the whole Fire version? I use the Google Play services on my Fire HD8 and bypass the Amazon app store.
As far as AmazonTube or OpenTube, well we could use more services like this but I'd prefer the older style where copyright trolls weren't taking everything down.