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    I see that Amazon and Google have had a bit of a spat over things and You Tube now WONT be available to watch from the 1st of January on your Firestick!!
    How bloody infantile
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    Was inevitable, Amazon refused to sell any Google products because they directly competed with their Fire TV range. But then thought it was ok to promote the sale of Fire gear that came with YouTube, can't really blame Google for their attitude.

    It was the main reason I didn't buy the new Amazon Echo Show for my dad's Xmas as I read that YouTube had been pulled and he uses YouTube a lot.

    Bought a Google Home instead so he can do YouTube searches vocally and also use Spotify.

    If you want YouTube on a Firestick, I would have thought using Kodi with the YouTube plugin would do the job

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    yup, it was amazon that started this. often the way these things go. trouble is its customers who lose out
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    Quote Originally Posted by struth View Post
    yup, it was amazon that started this. often the way these things go. trouble is its customers who lose out
    A pain for sure. I don't use YouTube much but I know my dad does, luckily he uses and android box so no issue for him

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    I run a Firestick in my old Samsung TV . That goes into my AV Marantz,and I love You Tube , as the audio visual thing is great for when I am lazy enough to not want to use the Deck or CD Its not a Smart Tv , and the aerial reception is crap anyway!
    I have Kodi but I find the whole thing a bit confusing to be honest- that searching for links etc
    I may very well put a pc in my mancave so I can put the output to the tv
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    Quote Originally Posted by Oddball View Post
    I run a Firestick in my old Samsung TV . That goes into my AV Marantz,and I love You Tube , as the audio visual thing is great for when I am lazy enough to not want to use the Deck or CD Its not a Smart Tv , and the aerial reception is crap anyway!
    I have Kodi but I find the whole thing a bit confusing to be honest- that searching for links etc
    I may very well put a pc in my mancave so I can put the output to the tv
    if its same you tube account for both kodi and your pc anything you earmark on pc will show on kodi.
    dont use it much so wont miss it too much but its childish they cant just coexist
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    Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?

    “Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".

    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

    "You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”

    “There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”


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    PITA !

    How long before I buy a Google TV stick or is there another fix ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by MikeMusic View Post
    PITA !

    How long before I buy a Google TV stick or is there another fix ?
    Amazon backtracking a bit now

    Amazon backs down in Google streaming spat - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42365354

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    Quote Originally Posted by mikeyb View Post
    Amazon backtracking a bit now

    Amazon backs down in Google streaming spat - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42365354
    Good. Hurray !
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    Quote Originally Posted by MikeMusic View Post
    Good. Hurray !
    Both of them seeing sense.
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    Very true

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