Anyone remembers the spats between Google and Amazon that resulted in the YouTube app being removed from Amazon Fire sticks temporarily?
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adam_y@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Imagine a world where billionaires having petty arguments result in…
Yeah, we don’t have to imagine. It’s happening all the time. Shit service from streaming platforms, awful social media services. The very politics of our democracy. The media.
It’s all dick measuring, all the time.
DoomBot5@lemmy.world 11 months ago
BlueLineBae@midwest.social 11 months ago
I just found out yesterday that you can’t cast from a pixel to a fire stick. It was the first time I tried and I thought it was broken. Nope, just Google being petty.
Sprucie@feddit.uk 11 months ago
Genuine question, is it Google being petty or Amazon not supporting the protocol?
Tanoh@lemm.ee 11 months ago
The chromecast protocol is not open, it is just built into android so available to all apps (for now…) And only chrome on PC supports it (surprise!)
jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world 11 months ago
True, it seems we live in an oligarchy.
cmbabul@lemmy.world 11 months ago
No one less than former US President Jimmy Carter has said as much
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Idk I’ve said it and I’m far less than that legend.
WaxedWookie@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Seems
This is an inevitability when economic power is functionally political power. It bleeds our democracy out and hurts everyone (including the billionaires - not that I’m inclined to care and their willfully self-inflicted suffering).