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There needs to be some recourse here. Amazon isn't going bankrupt and closing business. They need to honor their customer commitments. After all, earn trust and customer obsession are two of their leadership principles
I had a very hard time working there, maybe the worst time in my life. I worked with a lot of very smart people, but something about the company culture is doomed in a way I haven't seen before. Last year I read the book Julia by Sandra Newman, which shows the story of 1984 from Winston's lover's perspective. Spoiler, at the very end of the book, Julia escapes Airstrip One, and we find out that Big Brother has just b…
The Amazon Appstore for Android devices will be discontinued on August 20, 2025
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Re: The Amazon Appstore for Android devices will be discontinued on August 20, 2025
#152"What happens to my apps after the discontinuation of the Amazon Appstore on Android?" "Starting August 20, 2025, any apps downloaded from the Amazon Appstore will not be guaranteed to operate on Android devices. Amazon Appstore will continue to be available elsewhere, including on Fire TV and Fire Tablet devices. " --------- So for people that purchased apps through Amazon Appstore, what are their options for apps t…
There needs to be some recourse here. Amazon isn't going bankrupt and closing business. They need to honor their customer commitments. After all, earn trust and customer obsession are two of their leadership principles
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Re: The Amazon Appstore for Android devices will be discontinued on August 20, 2025
#153Re: The Amazon Appstore for Android devices will be discontinued on August 20, 2025
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Just stop giving Amazon money—at this point you can only blame yourself. Done. Mostly. I dropped Prime last year, and have been surprised by the results. 1. I don't buy a bunch of pointless plastic crap that I don't need anymore. It was the thrill/affirmation/addiction of near-instant gratification delivery that made me buy stuff on impulse. 2. I've saved a bunch of money because of #1. 3. Unless it's same-day delive…
So you've pretty much dropped Amazon the ecommerce store/platform. But what about any online services you consume? So many things online these days have some amount of AWS hosting involved.
Re: The Amazon Appstore for Android devices will be discontinued on August 20, 2025
#155"What happens to my apps after the discontinuation of the Amazon Appstore on Android?" "Starting August 20, 2025, any apps downloaded from the Amazon Appstore will not be guaranteed to operate on Android devices. Amazon Appstore will continue to be available elsewhere, including on Fire TV and Fire Tablet devices. " --------- So for people that purchased apps through Amazon Appstore, what are their options for apps t…
There's not many things digital that are going to have a half-life the length of your lifetime.
Re: The Amazon Appstore for Android devices will be discontinued on August 20, 2025
#156Did Amazon start a new round of cost cutting, layoffs or something? Yesterday they discontinued Chime. As if Amazon is doubling down on cutting "unnecessary" services
Re: The Amazon Appstore for Android devices will be discontinued on August 20, 2025
#157"What happens to my apps after the discontinuation of the Amazon Appstore on Android?" "Starting August 20, 2025, any apps downloaded from the Amazon Appstore will not be guaranteed to operate on Android devices. Amazon Appstore will continue to be available elsewhere, including on Fire TV and Fire Tablet devices. " --------- So for people that purchased apps through Amazon Appstore, what are their options for apps t…
This is another reminder not to purchase for items that you never truly own.
Re: The Amazon Appstore for Android devices will be discontinued on August 20, 2025
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Every product has its hate, but everyone is rarely true. Personally (no longer at Amazon) I was impressed by Chime. It was simple, but rock solid, handling large calls well. Teams is still worse for me (>9 people display is bad, even in MS Edge, when on Linux). Zoom has a finicky interface. Early in the pandemic I had to use many different systems as an academic, when lots of different contacts pivoted online in diff…
I was also at Amazon (AWS ProServe) we also hated Chime. AWS internally moved to Slack and only used Chime to schedule customer calls.
Re: The Amazon Appstore for Android devices will be discontinued on August 20, 2025
#159Did Amazon start a new round of cost cutting, layoffs or something? Yesterday they discontinued Chime. As if Amazon is doubling down on cutting "unnecessary" services
I don't know if I'd reach that conclusion because of Chime - there's also Blink & Ring, a lot of overlap and confusion in cameras & security.
Re: The Amazon Appstore for Android devices will be discontinued on August 20, 2025
#160Just stop giving Amazon money—at this point you can only blame yourself.
I wonder if you could live a week mostly the same way you do now without touching any service that pays Amazon.