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The Amazon App Store rewraps your app with Amazon metrics and a DRM framework; even if you choose not to use DRM, the additional code is added and the app is re
by dingaling 12y ago
The Amazon App Store rewraps your app with Amazon metrics and a DRM framework; even if you choose not to use DRM, the additional code is added and the app is re-signed using their keys ( with all the implications that entails ).
The Amazon code is really invasive, I have been working on extricating a free app from it for some time and it is tedious work.
There is an open Firefox bug about this:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=713777 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=713777
It also ensures that the app won't run on a device that doesn't have an active Amazon App Store account, even when you bought the app fair and square.
If you're an open-source developer I'd suggest you stay well clear of Amazon.