The Amazon Appstore for Android devices will be discontinued on August 20, 2025

Re:The Amazon Appstore for Android devices will be discontin... by reaperducer on Thursday February 20, 2025 @08:56AM (#43114658)

I don't follow this logic. Amazon did something bad on their app store so now walled gardens are good?

No, the logic is that several large companies (Amazon, Apple, Microsoft) have done bad things on their app store, so no stores can be trusted. But for me, I trust a big name store more than I trust an small unknown store.

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Re:The Amazon Appstore for Android devices will be discontin... by CivBase on Thursday February 20, 2025 @01:02PM (#43118001)

I'm not sure what "small unknown" stores you might be referring to. Surely Amazon qualifies as a "big name" store same as Apple or Google, right? Clearly this event shows a big name is not an indication of consumer protection.

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Re:The Amazon Appstore for Android devices will be discontin... by reaperducer on Thursday February 20, 2025 @03:46PM (#43119955)

Surely Amazon qualifies as a "big name" store same as Apple or Google, right?

Yes. That's why I listed it right next to Apple and Microsoft in my response.

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Re:The Amazon Appstore for Android devices will be discontin... by CivBase on Thursday February 20, 2025 @08:12PM (#43122886)

Yeah I read that. Your comment about "small unknown stores" threw me off because none of the parties involved with this story are small so I'm not sure what it has to do with the discussion.

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