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Genuine question, is it Google being petty or Amazon not supporting the protocol?
It’s likely mostly Google and a bit of Amazon: Casting support requires Google Play Services installed on the device. Google Play Services is only allowed to be used (as in: allowed by Google) if the Android device also comes with many other Google apps. Amazon probably doesn’t want their device to become a Google-centric device. That’s likely the reason.
Yeah, that's 100% on Amazon not wanting Google services on their devices.
The chromecast protocol is not open, it is just built into android so available to all apps (for now....) And only chrome on PC supports it (surprise!)