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Amazon demands 30% share of ad revenue from TV networks’ apps (www.broadbandtvnews.com)
submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology
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Amazon demands 30% share of ad revenue from TV networks’ apps::Australia’s free-to-air broadcasters are up in arms after Amazon demanded a 30% slice of any advertising revenue that passes through its FireTV devices. Financial Review said networks Seven, Nine, Ten and SBS had accused the parcels to showbiz company of a “cash grab” and “rent-seeking”. Amazon has set new terms of services that would require…

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Do you want to kill FireTV? Cause, that's how you kill FireTV.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

FireTV was ever alive?

I got one years ago and it was borderline unusable even from day one. They've always been these cheap, nasty, HDMI sticks that freeze and lag at the slightest hint of you wanting to actually use them to watch anything.

[–] mightyfoolish 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The home application is TERRIBLE on Fire TV. It took three generations of the Fire TV stick before one of them was powerful enough to load that bloated nonsense they call an interface.

Edit: I meant interface, not internet.

[–] MaxVoltage 4 points 1 year ago

firetv only exist to be cracked. although i suspect there is a captive audience of less tecgy people. as they sell their junk for 10 bucks and massive tvs for 💯 bucks