Google v Amazon: YouTube app pulled from Fire TV and Echo Show
by Samuel Gibbs from Technology | The Guardian on (#39YTY)
Public spat between two of world's biggest tech companies intensifies as Google uses access to video platform as leverage to force retailer to sell its products
Google is using YouTube as leverage over Amazon to try and force the world's largest retailer to sell its Home smart speakers, Chromecasts and Nest products.
Google has pulled official support for YouTube from Amazon's Echo Show and Fire TV devices, meaning that owners can no longer access the video site through a YouTube app.
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