Amazon opens Mac software store with downloads

Re:Amazon opens Mac software store with downloads by joshaidan on Friday May 27, 2011 @10:05AM (#2591469)

Hmm... could this open up some kind of anti-trust suit since only Apple is able to have an app store on iOS?

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Re:Amazon opens Mac software store with downloads by wesley on Friday May 27, 2011 @10:10AM (#2591488)

It's not an "app store". It's a website with downloadable software.

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Re:Amazon opens Mac software store with downloads by rytis on Friday May 27, 2011 @10:40AM (#2591599)

hmm a website that sells stuff can be called a "store"... and if stuff happens to be "apps"... makes an "app store" to me, doesn't it? :)

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Re:Amazon opens Mac software store with downloads by sorbus on Friday May 27, 2011 @01:40PM (#2592331)

In exactly the same way that a brick and mortar store which happens to sell software can be called an app store, yes.

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Re:Amazon opens Mac software store with downloads by brianbreslin on Friday May 27, 2011 @10:28AM (#2591554)

In theory this competes more directly with the mac App store than the iOS app store.

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Re:Amazon opens Mac software store with downloads by joshaidan on Friday May 27, 2011 @10:38AM (#2591589)

I just mean since there's no way Amazon could do the same for iOS.

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Re:Amazon opens Mac software store with downloads by balac on Friday May 27, 2011 @12:41PM (#2592038)

It doesn't compete at all with the iOS app store, they are only selling OSX desktop applications, not mobile iOS ones.

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