[hatred]

Well I think Amazon just played the tit for tat card here. Historically, Google took the first slab by banning Amazon from it's app store: http://techcrunch.com/2014/12/11/google-removes-amazons-app-...

No wonder Amazon is now reciprocating by explicitly disallowing chromecast devices on its own site.

tl;dr; Google ain't a saint/good citizen either. No one is.

[westernmostcoy]

Google removed Amazon's app for violating the ToS, which clearly states that you may not sell your own app store through Google's.

This is still entirely on Amazon's bad behavior.

Also, your theory sort of excuses Amazon but does not explain why they also banned Apple TV.