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4 HN users recommended this in 2014, in 4 comments.
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4 HN users recommended this in 2014, in 4 comments.
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I understand your gripe you just made with the word "just" and I'm not the OP.
I had a friend excitedly text me about this today so I looked it up. On the device's page [1] there is a 'compare to xyz' box they literally place 3 other devices that have existed for a while now and looking through this, it appears to me to be "just" amazon's attempt to get into this space without providing a lot of additional value.
Looking at the list they provide there each of the devices provide all the functionality I personally would ever want in a streaming hardware solution. They have "just" provided Apple TV for Amazon, they have not extended the paradigm as far as I can see.
[1] http://www.amazon.com/Amazon-CL1130-Fire-TV/dp/B00CX5P8FC
"In addition, HBO GO will become available on Fire TV, targeting a launch by year-end."
Looks like this deal also adds the last missing checkmark to the Fire TV comparison chart: http://www.amazon.com/Fire-TV-streaming-media-player/dp/B00C...
> I NEED TO EDIT URLs.
I'm using Canary with this option enabled, and all you have to do is click the domain box, then you can freely view, edit, and copy the URL.
All this update does is hide the path portion of the URL. That's it, so IMO, this story is way overblown. Google isn't removing the URL bar, they're just acknowledging the fact that 99% of users don't need to see 99% of the URLs they visit on a daily basis.
Why do Hacker News readers need to see a URL that looks like this? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7677031
Why do users looking at Amazon Fire's landing page need to see this? http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CX5P8FC/ref=amb_link_412...
Why do EBay shoppers need to see this? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Garmin-nuvi-2555LMT-5-GPS-Navigation...
They don't. Just trim it down to the domain and call it good.
Oh, and it's worth mentioning that to copy/paste URLs, it's still only one click away, because when you click the box, it auto-selects the entire URL.
Edit: As I review my post, in the context of this story I find it humorous that even Hacker News trims the URLs I pasted because of how obnoxious and unnecessary they are.
In recent times Amazon has started making content exclusive to their own hardware (Amazon TV, Fire tablets/phones). Go check out the comparison chart here:
http://www.amazon.com/Fire-TV-streaming-media-player/dp/B00C...
Note what Amazon Prime Streaming works on. Then go here:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/video/ontv/devices
Note that aside from Apple's devices, Amazon Prime video works only on Amazon's own mobile hardware.
Is this why they're buying Twitch? To make it another "Amazon Exclusive" for Fire devices? Frankly that would explain a lot. If they can lock the content down it will force people into their ecosystem if they want mobile access.