Amazon Will Ban Sale of Apple, Google Video-Streaming Devices

This is a unfortunate turn of events. When I worked for Amazon we were a neutral vendor and would sell anything that is legal. There were a number of first amendment right fights as well.

But clearly that era has come to a close.

Re: Amazon Will Ban Sale of Apple, Google Video-Streaming Devices

#5

Post by Artistry121 » Thu, Oct 01, 2015, 5:57 PM UTC

I don't think this move is in Amazon's best interests long term. Their competitive edge with Prime is that I go to them first because I assume they'll have what I want, at a fair price and the highest level of convenience.

If they are no longer the "Everything Store" then they won't be where I go to for everything...

Re: Amazon Will Ban Sale of Apple, Google Video-Streaming Devices

#6

Post by chipgap98 » Thu, Oct 01, 2015, 5:57 PM UTC

Amazon can absolutely do this (but I think it is a slippery slope, possibly a sign of some bad changes ahead at amazon. They really should be neutral about the products listed on their site) but the reason they gave is kinda ridiculous [1]. I have a hard time believing the enough people don't know the difference between Prime & Netflix to make this a legitimate reason to stop selling Chromecast and Apple TV

[1]: Over the last three years, Prime Video has become an important part of Prime," Amazon said in the e-mail. "It’s important that the streaming media players we sell interact well with Prime Video in order to avoid customer confusion.

Re: Amazon Will Ban Sale of Apple, Google Video-Streaming Devices

#7

Post by savanaly » Thu, Oct 01, 2015, 5:57 PM UTC

Zikes wrote: post #2

Isn't this anti-competitive?

I thought anti-competitive would be Amazon selling its fire tv stick at a loss for a period of time long enough to force competitors to drop out of the market. Surely what they want to sell in their store should only be up to them?

Re: Amazon Will Ban Sale of Apple, Google Video-Streaming Devices

#8

Post by chedabob » Thu, Oct 01, 2015, 5:58 PM UTC

"It’s important that the streaming media players we sell interact well with Prime Video in order to avoid customer confusion."

What a load of rubbish. They could make it work on those devices but they choose not to.

It's a ploy to get Prime users to buy Fire sticks and nothing more.

Re: Amazon Will Ban Sale of Apple, Google Video-Streaming Devices

#9

Post by radley » Thu, Oct 01, 2015, 5:58 PM UTC

Odd way to say thanks to Google for providing open source Android OS to build out their platform.

Re: Amazon Will Ban Sale of Apple, Google Video-Streaming Devices

#10

Post by roymurdock » Thu, Oct 01, 2015, 5:58 PM UTC

Jyaif wrote: post #3

This is gold: "It’s important that the streaming media players we sell interact well with Prime Video in order to avoid customer confusion."

Copywriters must have had a laugh coming up with that one.