meh. wonder if this will be affected by their employment fiasco, it definitely impacts my interest in trying their services.
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Amazon Underground
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#12Took me a minute to find out what "actually free" means:
https://developer.amazon.com/public/solutions/underground/do...
"Interstitial Advertisements
When a user launches an Amazon Underground app for the first time, a welcome message in the form of an interstitial ad plays. In subsequent times that a user either launches or resumes the app, paid interstitial ads will also sometimes play."
Interesting. So amazon deals with putting in the ads and the app dev gets paid for every minute the app is used. Seems like an interesting idea, probably useful for games that are very engaging (read: time drain)
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#13This sounds like a good idea; I won't be using it
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#14One problem with Amazon App Store on Android phones is that if I replace my Android phone, I have to start all over again. Using the Google ecosystem, it's a matter of signing in and all my backed up apps and data are reinstated. There's a lot more friction to keep using the Amazon App Store/Underground app than there is with Google Play Store.
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#15Is the reason Amazon isn't releasing this for iOS because of Apple's closed ecosystem or is Google just a bigger competitive threat?
Closed system. There isn't a good way of doing this on iOS that isn't complicated. Too complicated for the average user.
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#16Is the reason Amazon isn't releasing this for iOS because of Apple's closed ecosystem or is Google just a bigger competitive threat?
It wouldn't be feasible to do this on iOS. It'd required everyone of their customers to jailbreak their phone, and then all of the app developers would violate the TOS with Apple by releasing the app in ways that circumvent the app store.
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#17Is the reason Amazon isn't releasing this for iOS because of Apple's closed ecosystem or is Google just a bigger competitive threat?
Because it's a pain in the ass to sideload apps on iOS.
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#18Is the reason Amazon isn't releasing this for iOS because of Apple's closed ecosystem or is Google just a bigger competitive threat?
iOS doesn't allow apps to be installed outside a few apple controlled processes without a JailBreak.
I don't think Amazon would want to launch a product dependent on JailBreaking. Unless Apple is forced to provide an API for alternative app stores, I can't see this ever being allowed. Unless of course apple rips off the idea and does it themselves.
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#19If you want to browse their apps to see what is "actually free" before going through all the trouble of their app: http://www.amazon.com/b/ref=rw_tiny?&node=11350978011
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#20I see this as hugely superior to the freemium model, both from the perspective of the user and the app developers. App developers no longer need to cripple their apps and sell in-app band-aids to make money. The developers of the more entertaining and engaging apps will make more money. End users no longer spend a bunch of time on a game only to find out they need to pay to advance to the next part, or bypass some ar…
Except it sounds like amazon is putting their own ads in the games. So basically this is a complete fail.