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Re:EU hits Google with second antitrust charge by pjc50 on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @11:23AM (#11535091)
And as a result they have terrible sales: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/26/amazon-fi...
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Re:EU hits Google with second antitrust charge by wnevets on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @11:28AM (#11535131)
Is that really because of the amazon store?

>There were many interesting anomalies in the launch of the Fire Phone. The $200 price tag for a 32GB version on an AT&T contract – the same price range as the iPhone 5S or Samsung GS5

Their tables are doing much better.

http://www.geekwire.com/2016/50-fire-tablet-vaults-amazon-in...

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Re:EU hits Google with second antitrust charge by ocdtrekkie on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @03:34PM (#11537101)
Their tablets are primarily sold as e-Readers. The app store isn't a primary need, and they don't really directly compete with Android tablets, even though they're similar.
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Re:EU hits Google with second antitrust charge by takno on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @05:36PM (#11537928)
Amazon's android fork is desperately bad irrespective of their app store. If you aren't primarily using the device to consume Amazon content it is essentially useless
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