Amazon to Stop Selling Apple TV and Chromecast - The New York Times

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"Some analysts said there was one immediate loser here: customers.

“It really just hurts the consumers and creates confusion at a time when all of these companies are trying to build up these products,” said Paul Verna, media analyst at eMarketer.

But he said sales would not be affected. “I don’t think that in today’s world consumers are going to not buy one of these products just because Amazon isn’t selling it,” Mr. Verna said. “If Amazon is trying to hurt Apple and Google’s business, this isn’t going to do it.”

Amazon likes to focus on the long term, however. And in the long term, it is banking on content being king."

Amazon to Stop Selling Apple TV and Chromecast - The New York Times