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geoffpado
on Dec 27, 2017
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The Echo Dot was the best-selling product on Amazo...
Microsoft put out their own YouTube app, no development needed from Google. Google then blocked that app:
https://www.theverge.com/2013/8/15/4624706/google-blocks-win...
megablast
on Dec 27, 2017
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Sure, since Microsoft didn’t show any ads for google. I think Microsoft might be pissed if google started hosting free copies of their software on their servers.
Mindwipe
on Dec 27, 2017
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And allowed downloads, putting Google at billions of dollars in liabilities on their music license agreements.
ygra
on Dec 27, 2017
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Funnily enough, MetroTube does both as well and continues to work.
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