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Lack of an iOS player is interesting. I don't see a technical reason why Amazon couldn't make one. Ditto with an iOS video player for Amazon Video-on-Demand.
by YooLi 16y ago
Lack of an iOS player is interesting. I don't see a technical reason why Amazon couldn't make one. Ditto with an iOS video player for Amazon Video-on-Demand. Not making either of those (plus the Amazon Appstore & Kindle) makes me think Amazon is working on an Android platform of their own. They have the capabilities for a pretty solid media-ecosystem (music, video, apps, books, etc).
- avolcano 16y agoI think it's a combination of not wanting to deal with approval and Apple (their Kindle app theoretically could be dropped for not using Apple's in-app-purchase system [which is pretty much impossible for an app with 5000+ IAPs!]), the rumored color Kindle running Android (which would likely use the Amazon Android Marketplace), and their various efforts in the general Android ecosystem including the Marketplace.
- lambda 16y agoThere's the possibility that Apple simply wouldn't allow the player at all, and if they did, Apple would take a 30% cut of all in-app purchases. Amazon may not be able to sell music with Apple taking a 30% cut, since they likely have contractual obligations to pay a certain percentage for their music.