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Re:Android: Freeing up 60% of storage for apps by removing p... by perryizgr8 on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @11:29PM (#30623229)
> Why is the the Amazon app 229 MB heavy?

I checked mine. 201 MB app, 115 MB "data", 202 MB cache, 518 MB total

Yes, the Amazon app, which literally feels like a webview wrapper around the mobile website, is taking up half a gigabyte of space on my phone.

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Re:Android: Freeing up 60% of storage for apps by removing p... by martin_a on Thursday March 10, 2022 @04:21AM (#30624926)
And it even seems to provide less information than the website.

Yesterday I was looking really hard on who exactly would be the seller for an item. Did not find that information on the app, while it's easily findable in the web version.

Or do I have some quirky version of the app due to some A/B testing?

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