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No, according to articles that I've read, market place sellers being contacted by Amazon that they can't sell them past October, was one of the things that broke the story.

That's just crazy Amazon really are acting childish here imo.

alwaysabear

02-10-2015 07:40

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Originally Posted by theone2k10 (Post 35801491)

That's just crazy Amazon really are acting childish here imo.

EBay to the rescue!

passingbat

02-10-2015 09:18

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Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35801472)

Funny isn't it that they've chose to ban an Apple and Google TV product , what's betting going forward we see both these move into subscription On Demand TV content ? They both already offer PPV content , books , games and both now offer music streaming services.

I can't help thinking that there is more to this than meets the eye, and Amazon issued the compatibility story as a cover.

It wouldn't surprise me if there was intransigence on various aspects from all three companies; Google, Apple and Amazon.

I keep coming across this kind of comment and figures of 30%

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it was to “protest” the fact that Apple and Google want a cut of all in-app purchases. Amazon doesn’t want to pay Google every time we buy (or rent?) a movie in the Prime app. If Google won’t let them sell things without taking a cut, they won’t sell Google’s “competing” product.

Do Amazon do the same?

theone2k10

02-10-2015 11:54

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Originally Posted by alwaysabear (Post 35801509)

EBay to the rescue!

If i decide to get new Appletv or chromecast for Appletv i'll just wait until Tesco send me another £15 off a £60 order voucher and pop one in my shopping, for chromecast i'd wait until Wuaki do a offer with a movie they currently have one on now San Andreas plus the new chromecast £29 they are always doing offers, end of the day it is Amazon who will lose out, don't be too surprised to see Apple retalate and remove Amazon instant video from their app store as it is there for ipads and ios and can be air played to appletv.

passingbat

04-10-2015 08:49

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Interesting article here on the reasons behind Amazon's ban on Apple TV and Google streaming devices.

http://www.aftvnews.com/understandin...-nexus-player/

muppetman11

04-10-2015 09:29

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Amazon thinks it should be exempt from paying any kind of fee to be avaliable on the Apple and Google stores whilst charging considerable fees to anyone wanting to sell on the Amazon site.

passingbat

04-10-2015 12:18

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Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35801897)

Amazon thinks it should be exempt from paying any kind of fee to be avaliable on the Apple and Google stores whilst charging considerable fees to anyone wanting to sell on the Amazon site.

Out of interest, how do Amazon's seller fees compare to ebay?

I once sold something via Amazon, but it was years agi and can't remember the percentage they took.

theone2k10

04-10-2015 13:13

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Originally Posted by passingbat (Post 35801925)

Out of interest, how do Amazon's seller fees compare to ebay?

I once sold something via Amazon, but it was years agi and can't remember the percentage they took.

They have two plans i think the first is the basic plan 75p per item, and the second is pro plan for heavy sellers which is £25p/m.
Then there is a referal fee between 7% - 45% depending on the item aka Amazon device accesories are 45% or 40p whichever is greater full list here http://services.amazon.co.uk/service...e/pricing.html

toady

04-10-2015 16:38

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Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35801897)

Amazon thinks it should be exempt from paying any kind of fee to be avaliable on the Apple and Google stores whilst charging considerable fees to anyone wanting to sell on the Amazon site.

None of the App stores should be taking their cut of subscription fees, after the initial download of the app, the only cost to the app store is processing the subscription, I don't believe that it costs upto 30% of the subscription fee to process this.

muppetman11

04-10-2015 21:56

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Originally Posted by toady (Post 35801951)

In an ideal world maybe , however in business Apple , Google and Amazon make a lot of money from 3rd party apps/sellers and to be fair there's a lot of app makers who've also made a tidy sum.

I agree 30% is to high but sadly I can't see much change anytime soon in this area.

tassiekev

06-10-2015 11:08

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Roku 4 info:

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/1354...-can-t-be-lost

and:

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/1355...date-explained

toady

06-10-2015 11:25

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Originally Posted by tassiekev (Post 35802186)

Roku 4 info:

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/1354...-can-t-be-lost

and:

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/1355...date-explained

Guess it won't have the UK version of Amazon Prime on it?

theone2k10

06-10-2015 12:05

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New apps for fire tv (usa) FXnow, watchabc.
itvplayer(uk)
Amazon have finally started to step things up for firetv tv apps.
It's expected foxnow, cbs, nbc, all4, nowtv will begin rolling out after all boxes have the firmware update which is rolling out now.

tassiekev

06-10-2015 13:38

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Originally Posted by toady (Post 35802188)

Guess it won't have the UK version of Amazon Prime on it?

Never say never but I'd think there would be a better chance of getting the lotto numbers 3 times in a row.

theone2k10

07-10-2015 22:20

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Amazon reportedly considering entering the live tv market http://www.aftvnews.com/amazon-repor...ve-tv-service/

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