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Re:Amazon reportedly working on proper Android ‘Ice’ smartph... by ocdtrekkie on Monday June 05, 2017 @12:06PM (#14488653)
Why do you think Amazon did that? It was in response to Google's behavior. Google refused to allow their products to work with Amazon's products (without the painful concessions I mention here), so Amazon refused to sell them.

It sounds like you've unfortunately only heard a small part of the story.

Side note: Replying with the same incorrect comment three times is truly unnecessary.

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Re:Amazon reportedly working on proper Android ‘Ice’ smartph... by hooluupog on Monday June 05, 2017 @12:44PM (#14489050)
Why should google's products must work with Amazon's products?It's not Amazon who sell google's products but google sell its own products via amazon online shopping platform.Does amazon echo have to work with google's product or install google's software or services to appear in search results?
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Re:Amazon reportedly working on proper Android ‘Ice’ smartph... by s73ver on Monday June 05, 2017 @01:13PM (#14489298)
This is pure hyperbole. "Painful concessions," really?
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Re:Amazon reportedly working on proper Android ‘Ice’ smartph... by ocdtrekkie on Monday June 05, 2017 @01:40PM (#14489525)
I can't imagine a more painful concession than requiring that Amazon be forced to include a competitor's eBook platform on their device if they want to use an app store. I don't think that's hyperbole at all.
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