# Amazon Challenges Youtube

Published 2018-01-09 · Updated 2026-05-19 · Retail on MarketScale
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> Amazon has been in a feud with Google after Youtube started to selectively block users that were on Amazon hardware. In response, Amazon has recently filed a patent for a website that would be nearly identical to Youtube called AmazonTube. It is unclear if this is a threat to speed up resolving this issue with…

Amazon has been in a feud with Google after Youtube started to selectively block users that were on Amazon hardware. In response, Amazon has recently filed a patent for a website that would be nearly identical to Youtube called AmazonTube. It is unclear if this is a threat to speed up resolving this issue with Google or a true response. If Amazon does go through with the patent this could be the start of a true content war.

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