Google has now removed YouTube access from Amazon's devices, a move it took earlier than planned. Amazon has, once again, delisted Google's products from its store, offering its own and cheap imports as alternatives if you search for, say, Google Chromecast. Also removed from Amazon's listings, as I write this, are Google's "Home" products, which compete with Amazon's Echo range. When I load up my Fire TV the YouTube app shortcut simply prompts me to install a web browser. Some sites also suggest that it's trivial to just sideload the Android TV app for YouTube, which circumvents the Amazon block.

Source: Forbes December 31, 2017 15:56 UTC