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Battle of the Media Ecosystems: Amazon, Apple, Google and Microsoft

Posted by Soulskill on from the my-money-is-on-whichever-makes-streaming-live-sports-not-suck dept.

bsk_cw writes "This article takes a long look at four major consumer tech ecosystems — Amazon, Apple, Google and Microsoft — and examine how well (or badly) they're serving up their media. The authors talk about how each company approaches gaming, music, video, books, etc., and how each integrates all its parts into some kind of whole. The conclusion? That none of the four can be said to be the best in all things, but they're certainly trying."

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  1. Amazon still does not offer an android app by TerminaMorte · · Score: 3, Informative

    As far as I'm concerned, as long as they don't have an Amazon instant video app for android they've already lost.