Roku may lose YouTube app over Google's 'anti-competitive' demands

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Roku may lose YouTube app over Google'south 'anti-competitive' demands

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Roku is informing users via email that YouTube Idiot box might exist removed from its platform.

A boxing between Google and Roku seems to have broken out over what the latter calls "anti-competitive demands". Roku says information technology is Google threatening to remove YouTube Goggle box from the platform and that this determination is intended to force it to provide preferential access to customer data.

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The threat extends only to YouTube'south Television set service, non the ad-supported content from YouTube.com. The TV service costs $64.99 per month and allows users to record shows to the cloud, watch broadcast networks like ESPN, NBC and CBS and view up to three dissimilar streams at one time.

The YouTube TV website currently lists Roku prominently, giving information technology the offset mention of compatible hardware forth with Google'due south own hardware products and those from Apple, LG and Samsung. Roku might not have the clout of some of those firms, but Protocol suggests it has a 38% share of the hardware market place cheers to standalone boxes and TVs with its service congenital in.

Roku alleges that Google has asked information technology to provide a dedicated set of search results just for things found on YouTube. This would be a column in search just for YouTube results, likewise every bit more than prominent placement of YouTube search results, according to Axios. Google also asked for other providers to be excluded from search results when customers are within the YouTube app.

Even more than ludicrous is the demand that Roku use specific hardware within its devices. The company says this would include chipsets and memory that would force it to increase the price of its products.

In the email, the company urges customers to get in contact with Google directly and to enquire that it reaches an agreement that will allow Roku to keep offering the YouTube Goggle box app. Owners are too implored to ask Google to stick with "industry practices pledging not to crave access to sensitive search data."

Google denies the accusations and told The Verge "We have been working with Roku in practiced faith to achieve an agreement that benefits our viewers and their customers. Unfortunately, Roku often engages in these types of tactics in their negotiations."

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Ian has been involved in applied science journalism since 2007, originally writing almost AV hardware back when LCDs and plasma TVs were just gaining popularity. Nearly 15 years on, he remains as excited as ever about how tech can make your life improve. Ian is the editor of T3.com simply has also regularly contributed to Tom's Guide.

Source: https://www.tomsguide.com/news/roku-and-google-are-fighting-over-youtube-tv-and-the-loser-is-you

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