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The UI looks neat and I'm really impressed with Amazon's search results on my Roku, so this will probably improve on that.
If it wasn't so 'big' and 'expensive', I'd buy one.
Same price, the only differences are that the Fire TV has voice search (don't care), a bunch of technical specs that the layperson doesn't care about, and a bunch of games (don't care). It's missing the checkbox for HBO GO (deal breaker for me personally).
I was expecting something like a monthly subscription for all-you-can-watch access to any TV show on Amazon Instant (not just the free Prime episodes). Kinda bummed because I really like Amazon as a content provider, but I'll be sticking with Roku for now.
So that answers my question of whether my Apple TV would ever get Amazon streaming.
Not necessarily, Roku, PS 3 & 4, Xbox 360 & One all have amazon streaming. It probably has more to do with Apple than Amazon.
I think Amazon is trying to lock customers into thinking of Amazon products first whenever they search for anything Amazon sells.
What I'm taking away from this is that Fire TV is the same as Roku and Apple TV. As for the gaming capabilities, it'll be interesting to see if they can compete with Steam Machine.
If you're going to spend $99, you're probably going to wait for Apple or Google. If you want to spend less, you'll just get a Chromecast.
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I think you mean "any device that isn't Amazon branded", since Android devices that aren't in the Kindle Fire family also can't watch Amazon streaming stuff. Amazon is attempting vendor lockin.
Blatantly false. I have a Sony Blu Ray player that has Amazon Instant Video on it and I use it along with Hulu and Netflix. If this thing played Blu Rays, I could dump my DVD player, my XBOX 360 (my wife and I mostly only play casual games or Wii, this seems like a good fit), and my reliance on other gaming consoles. Amazon wants all roads to lead back to Amazon. This strategy is clear. They have their Instant Video…
They want Vendor lock in, not in the sense that your data isn't portable, but that you rely on only their services. They do this by slowly pushing you onto more of their specific hardware and bundling more services essentially exclusively with their products