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The Fire is a locked down Amazon appliance with a proprietary app store and all manner of restrictions running on a heavily modified version of Android. The Nex

The Fire is a locked down Amazon appliance with a proprietary app store and all manner of restrictions running on a heavily modified version of Android. The Nexus is a proper tablet with access to all of Google's tablet services including Google's unfiltered app store. Sure, you can put some ROM on it, but Joe and Jane Public aren't.

taligent 14y ago
I don't think Joe and Jane Public are going to know the difference between a filtered and unfiltered app store or what an unmodified Android version means.
- bishnu 14y ago
  Nope they aren't. But for damn sure they know the difference between "Amazon" and "Google".
  - brudgers 14y ago
    One of them has an ongoing relationship with the customer and probably a credit card on file. The other is Google.