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Microsoft really wants to convince you that your phone and your PC are the same thing. But they've failed in the execution of this idea several times now. The fact that this partnership is with the Amazon app store, not the Google Play store, is a strong hint of how serious they are about this, and how this latest iteration will work out.
So Microsoft has its own App Store, then within that App Store there exists the Amazon App Store. Apps on this third layer will then be executable or sideloadable in Windows 11? Sounds like a disaster to me.
I would bet, for better or for worse, these Amazon Android apps will share metadata as well, so you'll see the same "Star" rating in both the Microsoft App Store and the Amazon Android App Store, but that's speculation on my part.
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I think the majority of mobile apps are very coupled to the mobile ecosystem. Or they exist to coverup the poor mobile web experience. I can use social media and messaging from any desktop web browser already. Anything geared around mobility or photography won't be very useful on a desktop. And at least a few apps just have "mobile only" as their edgy marketing strategy. I get why this is potentially useful but I can…
A big part of the reason Windows Phone failed was a lack of a good app ecosystem. Maybe they’re working their way toward a new Windows Phone that is compatible with Android apps?
I absolutely don't want to run the crapware on my phone on a real computer.
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This is an absolute win-win for Microsoft and Amazon. Microsoft gets Android Apps, Amazon expands its app store and Google is shunted out of the Microsoft eco-system. I see this as an absolute brilliant thing to happen to the app ecosystem. I really hope innovation accelerates on the Amazon App store.
> Google is shunted out of the Microsoft eco-system We'll see about this one. Last I checked, half of Microsoft's own apps couldn't run on Android if Play Services was disabled.
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> Google is shunted out of the Microsoft eco-system We'll see about this one. Last I checked, half of Microsoft's own apps couldn't run on Android if Play Services was disabled.
Microsoft brought the office suite to Amazon's app store pretty recently, when Amazon launched their latest 10 inch tablet with a keyboard attachment.
And it's very likely Google will find ways to retaliate against Microsoft for working with the Amazon Appstore here. They are pretty aggressive against forks. Honestly, I would suspect the next Duo won't be able to run Play Services, because Microsoft dared to work with a competing Android app store.
To be honest I have no idea why someone would use Android apps on Windows? Popular apps can be used via the web-browser or even have a separat desktop app (e.g., whatsapp, facebook, youtube, ...). That is similar with games. Edit: apps which require sensors, such as gps, gyro, etc. wouldn't work anyway...
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This is an absolute win-win for Microsoft and Amazon. Microsoft gets Android Apps, Amazon expands its app store and Google is shunted out of the Microsoft eco-system. I see this as an absolute brilliant thing to happen to the app ecosystem. I really hope innovation accelerates on the Amazon App store.
> Google is shunted out of the Microsoft eco-system iOS is 54.33% of all tablets, Android is 45.57%. Microsoft, Amazon, and everyone else combined account for 0.1% It doesn't seem like an ecosystem Google has the time to worry about.