Amazon Bans Competing TV Streaming Services Apple TV & Chromecast

While Google and Microsoft were making nice this week, ending their public patent feud, Amazon was working on plans to ban competing TV streaming

While Google and Microsoft were making nice this week, ending their public patent feud, Amazon was working on plans to ban competing TV streaming services Apple TV and Chromecast from its online marketplace, reports Bloomberg Business. The reason: "to avoid customer confusion." (cough, cough) Amazon has been emailing its sellers to notify them that they must stop selling devices that don't "interact well" with Prime Video, according to Bloomberg. Current inventory must be removed from Amazon-based…...

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