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Thats fantastic, but how does this work with purchases made on the Play store. If I bought an app on the Play Store does it carry across to Amazon ?

drcode 5y ago
I figure the reason Amazon and Microsoft a ganging up in this way is precisely to address this issue: They want vendors to support a more portable mechanism for purchases that isn't tied to the Google silo.
- bilal4hmed 5y ago
  approve
- igravious 5y ago
  Oh! What a neat idea, one which had never occurred to me. It sure would be awesome if EU or USA antitrust bodies legislated to force vendors to support a portable mechanism for purchases. It'd be nice if Google voluntarily enabled this, it'd give them a unique selling point over Apple and it would kick-start a (vibrant?) 3rd-party store ecosystem. edit: the more i think about it the more it makes sense – multiple hardware vendors of the handsets themselves, then multiple software vendors of the the apps themselves. Would surely spur competitiveness and innovation when it comes to app pricing/bundling/sales/…
programbreeding 5y ago
Unless something has changed recently that I'm unaware of, that definitely isn't currently possibly on Android itself. I assume it won't be possible using the Windows-version of the Amazon AppStore either. But maybe this will cause the devs to start pushing to make that a thing.
Jtsummers 5y ago
Amazon's App Store and Google Play Store are distinct stores. Purchases do not carry over between them because they are competitors (in the same sense, you can't return an item to Walmart that you purchased at Target, even if they both sell it). You can install the Play Store on your Amazon devices, which allows you to use your Play purchases on the device (without jumping through too many hoops, like getting the apk and sideloading it). This sounds like it's integrating with Amazon's app store directly so unless there's some way of sideloading Android apps using the underlying bridge to run them, Play Store purchases would not be available on Windows.
- IAmMaulik 5y ago
  Great Analogy!
dmitrybrant 5y ago
Absolutely not -- the Amazon app store and the Google Play store are completely different entities. The fact that Microsoft partnered with Amazon instead of Google for app store integration is a strong indication of how serious they are about this whole thing.

drcode 5y ago

I figure the reason Amazon and Microsoft a ganging up in this way is precisely to address this issue: They want vendors to support a more portable mechanism for purchases that isn't tied to the Google silo.

bilal4hmed 5y ago
approve
igravious 5y ago
Oh! What a neat idea, one which had never occurred to me. It sure would be awesome if EU or USA antitrust bodies legislated to force vendors to support a portable mechanism for purchases. It'd be nice if Google voluntarily enabled this, it'd give them a unique selling point over Apple and it would kick-start a (vibrant?) 3rd-party store ecosystem. edit: the more i think about it the more it makes sense – multiple hardware vendors of the handsets themselves, then multiple software vendors of the the apps themselves. Would surely spur competitiveness and innovation when it comes to app pricing/bundling/sales/…

programbreeding 5y ago

Unless something has changed recently that I'm unaware of, that definitely isn't currently possibly on Android itself. I assume it won't be possible using the Windows-version of the Amazon AppStore either. But maybe this will cause the devs to start pushing to make that a thing.

Jtsummers 5y ago

Amazon's App Store and Google Play Store are distinct stores. Purchases do not carry over between them because they are competitors (in the same sense, you can't return an item to Walmart that you purchased at Target, even if they both sell it). You can install the Play Store on your Amazon devices, which allows you to use your Play purchases on the device (without jumping through too many hoops, like getting the apk and sideloading it). This sounds like it's integrating with Amazon's app store directly so unless there's some way of sideloading Android apps using the underlying bridge to run them, Play Store purchases would not be available on Windows.

IAmMaulik 5y ago
Great Analogy!

dmitrybrant 5y ago

Absolutely not -- the Amazon app store and the Google Play store are completely different entities. The fact that Microsoft partnered with Amazon instead of Google for app store integration is a strong indication of how serious they are about this whole thing.