[Spivak]

Right but there's no material difference between the two. You just have a choice between which master to serve. Amazon's platform isn't more open, they've just allowed other music services to operate on their platform.

[darawk]

Amazon's platform is substantially more open:

https://developer.amazon.com/alexa-skills-kit

[Spivak]

It looks to be as open as Apple's TvOS, but that's not the point. Having a easygoing gatekeeper protecting your walled garden doesn't make it open.

[darawk]

I wouldn't say that Amazon's is open. I would say it is much more open than Apple's, though.

[pbarnes_1]

Downloading API kits and actually getting those things you built approved for distribution are very different things though.

[darawk]

Amazon approval is basically a rubber stamp. Can't say the same for Apple's. I'm also not aware of Amazon denying anything for competitive purposes. Amazon is happy to let Spotify on their platform, despite having a music service of their own, for instance.