… pretty much everyone ends up getting splashed.
The two companies’ escalating “We’re blocking this” / “We won’t sell that” / “We don’t support this” / “We won’t even display that” thing demonstrates the dangers of such pervasive companies in media and Internet and commerce. It’s not, quite yet, completely disruptive (at least to my family’s use of the ecosystem), but worrisome.
The value of Big Combine Companies is how convenient and synergistic they can be. The danger is how impactful their shenanigans can be.
Google and Amazon are punishing their own customers in a bitter feud
These companies need to grow up, and Google shouldn’t be taking YouTube away from anyone.
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Tell me about it. I can't watch my Amazon Prime videos on my Chromecast or stream my audio books to my speakers without jumping through hoops. Jerks.
I decided to replace my ancient gen 2 I think paperwhite kindle with a fire on cyber monday. And I am laughing at all the people who say Fires are cheap Android tablets.
They aren't. They are cheap tablets that run a subset of Android apps with very poor UI. I expect they are a good value as book readers and media players.
And why?
Because no Google, or as little as possible. Google Plus can't display the Google logo. Hangouts isn't available. No Chrome, and Silk sucks. And of course, no Play Store or Play Services.
To get those, you have to root the device, violate your warranty, and risk bricking the thing.
Meh.
Still better as a book reader, I suspect, than my paperwhite, considering its scene and my eyes. But don't believe the reviews.
+Shava Nerad I recommended to my inlaws and my mom Kindle Fires some time back. A mistake on my part, for the reasons you describe — a poorly designed and crippling overlay on the Android foundation that made it difficult for me to help them with even in person, let alone remotely. I would not recommend.
I love my Paperwhite, but I use it for reading, not for browsing on the Internet or running other Android apps — I have a phone for that.
+Shava Nerad you don't need to root to get the Play Store. Just follow these directions forum.xda-developers.com.
It would be better to have full android. But this at least gives you the Play Store
I will look into that, ty!