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I think this ambiguity of terms is bad for consumers. My mom might buy Apps through the Amazon "App Store" and expect it to run on her iPhone. I think Amazon is

by mcritz 15y ago

I think this ambiguity of terms is bad for consumers. My mom might buy Apps through the Amazon "App Store" and expect it to run on her iPhone. I think Amazon is coat-tailing on Apple's branding in a deliberate attempt to create a false sense of equivalency.

tomlin 15y ago
This is not a good argument. To me, protecting a name like "App Store" would be as silly as protecting the word "Computer" before commonplace in society. Can you imagine the ads for such a company? "Don't be fooled by those other microcomputer systems! We're the real Computer^tm^!" And yes, there are examples of this today already, but that doesn't make it a good idea.
- pyre 15y ago
  Computer was a generic term even before computer devices. "Computer" was used to refer to people that performed computations. If you paid someone to perform busy-work computations all day, then they were a 'computer.' See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer#History_of_computing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer#History_of_computing
statictype 15y ago
How would one's mom buy an app from Amazon's android store without doing it through an Android Phone?
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- mechnik 15y ago
  Like so: http://www.gadgetsdna.com/how-to-install-android-2-2-froyo-on-iphone-3g/3501/ http://www.gadgetsdna.com/how-to-install-android-2-2-froyo-o...
  - drcube 15y ago
    Looks like an Android phone to me. Why wouldn't Android apps work on it?
  - burgerbrain 15y ago
    Yes, that looks exactly like something my mother might accidentally do.
    - eavc 15y ago
      First thing I've seen on the internet today to actually make me laugh out loud.
- mechnik 15y ago
  Like so: http://www.gadgetsdna.com/how-to-install-android-2-2-froyo-on-iphone-3g/3501/ http://www.gadgetsdna.com/how-to-install-android-2-2-froyo-o...
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- Sayter 15y ago
  Amazon.com via browser.
- stonemetal 15y ago
  If you go to amazon's home page there is a link on the left that says "Appstore for Android".
  - statictype 15y ago
    Have you tried trying to get something from there? You'll need to have the Amazon App Store App on your phone. It's pretty much impossible to accidentally buy Android apps from that store without an Android phone.
- mcritz 15y ago
  She might Google for "Angry Birds App Store Download" and hit the second link.
smackfu 15y ago
You think Amazon is trying to sell stuff to people that they can't run and will ask for refunds on?
Sayter 15y ago
Apple chose a name with that ambiguity when they gave it the generic-sounding 'App Store' instead of a more brandable alternative. (Quick test on the name: What is the App Store? It's a store for apps.) The quote of Steve Jobs himself using "app stores" in a generic manner really highlighted this point and effective killed Apple's chance of success in this case.
brianmatter 15y ago
if your mom can get the amazon appstore to work on her iPhone you should consider hiring her skills to work on the next jailbreak. seriously, what a comment!

by mcritz 15y ago

tomlin 15y ago

This is not a good argument. To me, protecting a name like "App Store" would be as silly as protecting the word "Computer" before commonplace in society. Can you imagine the ads for such a company? "Don't be fooled by those other microcomputer systems! We're the real Computer^tm^!" And yes, there are examples of this today already, but that doesn't make it a good idea.

pyre 15y ago
Computer was a generic term even before computer devices. "Computer" was used to refer to people that performed computations. If you paid someone to perform busy-work computations all day, then they were a 'computer.' See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer#History_of_computing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer#History_of_computing

statictype 15y ago

How would one's mom buy an app from Amazon's android store without doing it through an Android Phone?

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mechnik 15y ago
Like so: http://www.gadgetsdna.com/how-to-install-android-2-2-froyo-on-iphone-3g/3501/ http://www.gadgetsdna.com/how-to-install-android-2-2-froyo-o...
- drcube 15y ago
  Looks like an Android phone to me. Why wouldn't Android apps work on it?
- burgerbrain 15y ago
  Yes, that looks exactly like something my mother might accidentally do.
  - eavc 15y ago
    First thing I've seen on the internet today to actually make me laugh out loud.
mechnik 15y ago
Like so: http://www.gadgetsdna.com/how-to-install-android-2-2-froyo-on-iphone-3g/3501/ http://www.gadgetsdna.com/how-to-install-android-2-2-froyo-o...
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Sayter 15y ago
Amazon.com via browser.
stonemetal 15y ago
If you go to amazon's home page there is a link on the left that says "Appstore for Android".
- statictype 15y ago
  Have you tried trying to get something from there? You'll need to have the Amazon App Store App on your phone. It's pretty much impossible to accidentally buy Android apps from that store without an Android phone.
mcritz 15y ago
She might Google for "Angry Birds App Store Download" and hit the second link.

smackfu 15y ago

You think Amazon is trying to sell stuff to people that they can't run and will ask for refunds on?

Sayter 15y ago

Apple chose a name with that ambiguity when they gave it the generic-sounding 'App Store' instead of a more brandable alternative. (Quick test on the name: What is the App Store? It's a store for apps.) The quote of Steve Jobs himself using "app stores" in a generic manner really highlighted this point and effective killed Apple's chance of success in this case.

brianmatter 15y ago

if your mom can get the amazon appstore to work on her iPhone you should consider hiring her skills to work on the next jailbreak. seriously, what a comment!