"Given this lack of reciprocity, we are no longer supporting YouTube on Echo Show and Fire TV," Google said. "Amazon said in a statement, "Google is setting a disappointing precedent by selectively blocking customer access to an open website. Amazon kicked the Chromecast, Google's television player, off its retail website in 2015, along with Apple Inc's TV player. Not so with Google.In September, Google cut off YouTube from the Amazon Echo Show, which had displayed videos on its touchscreen without video recommendations, channel subscriptions and other features . Amazon has sold that device for longer than the Echo Show, meaning more customers may now be affected.

Source: Economic Times December 06, 2017 03:22 UTC