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This is a bad example. MS was just using the video stream directly instead of using the youtube player code that takes care of things like annotations, ads, cards, etc.

A better example is the amazon-google kerfuffle over chromecast/amazon devices. Can't recall who "started" it, but the end results is that amazon doesn't sell chromecast/google home, and google blocks youtube from amazon devices. Yes amazon initially did like MS, but eventually had a proper implementation and google still blocked it.




No, it's a good example; why is the app obliged to show ads any more than browsers aren't?


Because the browsers (users actually) are, but it’s not practical to send a cease and desist for a TOS violation to every user.


No, they're not. User choice over what a browser loads has been part of the web from the very beginning.




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