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Re:Amazon shows off new 7-inch and 8.9 inch Kindle Fires by eropple on Thursday September 06, 2012 @05:00PM (#4486207)
The issue is the tragic farce that is Amazon's UI, not sideloading (though I recall, perhaps incorrectly, some nonsense about Google Play being uninstalled if you tried to sideload it onto the device). The Kindle Fire's UI was terrifyingly bad. I expect nothing less from Amazon this time around.

I buy Android devices for stock Android, not for a manufacturer skin.

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Re:Amazon shows off new 7-inch and 8.9 inch Kindle Fires by jonknee on Thursday September 06, 2012 @05:16PM (#4486291)
> I buy Android devices for stock Android, not for a manufacturer skin.

You're very much in the minority. People like iOS because it's integrated and easy, that's the same thing Amazon and Google are going for as well.

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Re:Amazon shows off new 7-inch and 8.9 inch Kindle Fires by eropple on Thursday September 06, 2012 @05:18PM (#4486304)
Stock Android is integrated and easy. Though perhaps you're taking "stock" to mean "lacking the Google applications," which I'm certainly not.

"What comes on Nexus devices" is what I consider a stock Android product. That's effectively the selling point and why it's so fantastic.

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