Re:Amazon’s Disruptive Android App Store Now Open To Develop...
by jcl on Wednesday January 05, 2011 @12:58PM
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...which is explicitly banned by Google's Android Market Agreement:
4.5 Non-Compete. You may not use the Market to distribute or make available any Product whose primary purpose is to facilitate the distribution of Products outside of the Market.
4.5 Non-Compete. You may not use the Market to distribute or make available any Product whose primary purpose is to facilitate the distribution of Products outside of the Market.
http://www.android.com/us/developer-distribution-agreement.h...
More likely, they'd make arrangements with carriers/manufacturers to have the app pre-installed, much as they do with their current Amazon MP3 app.