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If I had only Apple products, my Amazon Echo would be useless (no app in the store in my country to activate it -- I sideloaded it on Android). I run Firefox a
by wvenable 9y ago
If I had only Apple products, my Amazon Echo would be useless (no app in the store in my country to activate it -- I sideloaded it on Android). I run Firefox as my primary browser on my Android tablet, on my iPhone it's Safari only. I run a few different mail clients on my Android phone, on iPhone you have one default mail client. Etc.
- KozmoNau7 9y agoThe Echo thing is an Amazon problem, I think. And I was under the impression that there were several third party email apps for iOS?
- wvenable 9y agoThe echo thing is that Amazon makes it US-only and Apple happily obliges and hides the app from me. There isn't a lot that is more anti-consumer than that. I downloaded the Android APK and sideloaded it on my Android device. Sure, the echo doesn't support Canadian addresses (although it does have Canadian content) it otherwise works fine.
- KozmoNau7 9y agoAgain, that's an Amazon issue. Apple doesn't region restrict apps, the app developer does that when they add it to the App Store.
- wvenable 9y agoThe Apple issue is that you have no alternative. The app is similarly region restricted on the Google Play Store. If there was a Windows version, it would be similarly restricted on the Windows store. But only on iOS do I have no alternative to getting it. I'm happily running the app on my Android device despite it being region restricted. Sweet sweet freedom.