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Are you really trying to suggest that the majority (or even a decently sized minority for that matter) of Kindle Fire owners will know how to and actually go to
by ianstormtaylor 15y ago
Are you really trying to suggest that the majority (or even a decently sized minority for that matter) of Kindle Fire owners will know how to and actually go to the trouble of side-loading apps onto their device?
Just like a majority of iPhone users don't install their apps through the App Store... oh wait.
- fpgeek 15y agoSide-loading on the Kindle Fire is no harder than it is on your typical Android phone. A significant portion of Kindle Fire owners will side-load apps if someone gives them an incentive to. Given that, I expect that side-loading on the Kindle Fire will be as insignificant as side-loading has been on Android phones. After all, it isn't like phone side-loading helped a company build an app store that they later married to their other content services to make a rich ecosystem for a new tablet, now is it? Oh, wait...
- bookwormAT 15y agoI remember all these people who told me that no web browser will ever gain market share on Internet Explorer, because "Dude, it's preinstalled on their computers" and "people don't even know what a browser is". I sometimes wonder how the world would look like today if Steve Ballmer had the power back then to simply reject Firefox. Or if Apple had to ask Sony for permission to release a new smartphone.