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Re:Amazon Wants to Extend Its Dominance in Audiobooks by malloreon on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @12:15PM (#16326063)
2) will not be solved for the same reason you can't buy kindle books in the app. They're both digital content, and therefore subject to the Google/Apple 30% platform tax, and Amazon is unwilling to pay.
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Re:Amazon Wants to Extend Its Dominance in Audiobooks by vanviegen on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @01:13PM (#16326640)
Google allows competing payment methods to be used on Android. And Audible on Android does indeed allow one to purchase books using a credit card.
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