Google pulls YouTube from Amazon Echo Show for ToS violations

If you have heard Alexa utter the message "Currently, Google is not supporting YouTube on Echo Show," you'll be aware of the issue: Google has pulled YouTube from the Amazon Echo Show. Google says that Amazon's Echo-with-a-screen creates a "broken user experience", and it seems the company would rather there was no customer experience than a broken one. A war of words has erupted between the two companies, and neither is particularly forthcoming with detail. The problem first reared its head yesterday afternoon when support for YouTube suddenly ceased. No warning was issued to users ahead of the decision, leaving… [Continue Reading]