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Jacob Siegal
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Roku removed YouTube TV from its channel store on Friday morning as a contract dispute between Google and the streaming device maker rages on. Roku initially threatened to take action earlier this week after claiming that Google was asking for preferential treatment and proposing other "unfair terms," and now that the distribution agreement has expired, the YouTube TV app will no longer be available to new subscribers. For existing subscribers that had already downloaded the app, the live TV service will be available unless Google demands its removal.
In an email to its customers Friday morning, Roku alleged that Google was proposing anticompetitive requirements that would "allow for the manipulation of your search results, impact the usage of your data and ultimately cost you more." Earlier this week we learned that those proposals included giving YouTube search results more prominent placement in the UI and pushing Roku to include more powerful and expensive chips in its hardware.
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So many Roku owners will be angry when they see this news originally appeared on BGR.com on Fri, 30 Apr 2021 at 10:59:46 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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