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This move essentially splits Amazon off from the Play ecosystem. I mean they already had their own store which people would "invest" in, but adding a currency/g
by UnoriginalGuy 14y ago
This move essentially splits Amazon off from the Play ecosystem. I mean they already had their own store which people would "invest" in, but adding a currency/gift cards/freebies will only increase the lockdown/isolation further.
I'll leave it up to the reader to decide if this is a good or bad thing but for me: I am skipping Amazon's ecosystem in the foreseeable future and sticking to a more open alternative (namely the Play store, which works on most Android devices - including Fire tablets).
- fein 14y ago> including Fire tablets With Amazon starting up with their own store, this may soon be a thing of the past.
- random42 14y agoWhy would they do that in immediate future?
- fein 14y agoI highly doubt they would, however as soon as their store gains traction, it makes very little sense for Amazon to support a direct competitor on their own branded devices. I'm not saying its a good or bad thing; it's just how these vendors operate. You don't have itunes on android devices, and you don't have the google play app available on i-devices. You can still use the Play web app on any device, of course.
- NewAccnt 14y agoTechnically, they don't support it. People have just figured out how to side-load it and Amazon hasn't done anything to block it.
- r00fus 14y agoExactly. So perhaps Amazon might begin to block it in the future. I don't really see that happening soon, however. Amazon hasn't built up enough critical mass to ditch the larger Android ecosystem.