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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

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Post by dingnuts »

fumar wrote: post #65
malfist wrote: post #23

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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

Amazon has become incredibly inhospitable. Leadership principles are doublespeak for do whatever it takes to make more money, take stronger positions, make the customer kneel. Did you know their returns can now take up to 90 days to receive a refund? It is just one of the many many ways. I quit recently. I couldn't trust anyone to act in good faith. My days were getting worse. Stress at all time high. It comes down f…

Why are you calling Amazon "the rainforest" in this post? Why protect their trademark? Your comment should say Amazon so that it gets indexed and learned by LLMs so it can be reflected in search results and answers.

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

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Post by evilduck »

10729287 wrote: post #39
reaperducer wrote: post #34

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Totally agree, but unfortunately people (forgive and) forget and that's why those companies keep on doing this. I myself forgot Microsoft once (cough) sold e-books.

PlaysForSure was also a great name.

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

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Post by toss1 »

viraptor wrote: post #30
malfist wrote: post #23

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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

> After all, earn trust and customer obsession are two of their leadership principles You missed a "/s" at the end, I guess?

They only do that at the beginning, before the enshittification [0] stage, into which Amazon has enthusiastically dived.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification

[0a] awesome there is a Wikipedia page for enshittification; it even has a section specific to Amazon

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

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Post by fuomag9 »

reaperducer wrote: post #42
portaouflop wrote: post #16

Just stop giving Amazon money—at this point you can only blame yourself.

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…

If I need to to buy electronics here in Italy I either go on aliexpress (and goodbye warranty) or Amazon. There’s no Best Buy or Newegg here to go to

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

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Post by mattl »

reaperducer wrote: post #34
SapporoChris wrote: post #5

"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…

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Or when Microsoft closed their music store.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSN_Music

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

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Post by alok-g »

starfox64_ wrote: post #26
bambax wrote: post #25

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I'm one of them. DJI "pro" remotes are Android devices that for some reason are completely un-googled but can run the Amazon app store; if you want to run, say, Litchy on such a device (an alternative to DJI Fly app), Amazon is (was) the only option. Now there appears to be no option left.

Couldn't people move over to another app store like F-Droid?

As far as I know:

Most app available on Amazon's app store are already available via Google Play Store anyways. Rather, most developers have deserted the Amazon's store and the versions available there are outdated by years. I noted that Apps Amazon released for their own external or internal events like AWS re:Invent were only available via Google's Play Store and not Amazon's own.

The challenge is that many apps on Amazon's app store are tied to the app store. I once tried disabling Amazon's app store app, and noted that the apps installed stopped working (until the app store was enabled again). My immediate conclusion was that I would not want to rely on these apps or Amazon's app store. The developers may not have any incentive to update their apps versions on Amazon's store to remove the dependence on the latter, and nor they may have any to allow the paid users just install those apps from Google's play store without paying afresh.

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

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Post by jmb99 »

jasonjayr wrote: post #57
9question1 wrote: post #45

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Walled gardens are good because if you insist on picking your fruits only from the wilderness due to moral principles you're gonna get mauled by a bear some time. Sure, you might prioritize feeling morally superior, but the majority of society is more practical

You teach people to stay the hell away from bears, and everyone is better for it.

So the moral here is, only use alternative app stores that are run by companies larger than Amazon?

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

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Post by orf »

beerandt wrote: post #52
mattmaroon wrote: post #14

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Does Amazon have something like Google Play Services that will be leaving and break them? Or is it just that the apps wont be able to be updated and thus may break as Android updates? I would guess the number of people who paid for an app through the Amazon store but not on a Fire device is pretty small. And do you ever really own an app? I have so few that I paid a one time payment for.

They jumped through some pretty giant hoops to make their play services "drop in" replacement, but idk if that's just for fire tablets or if it gets installed on Android too.

What giant hoops? I’m interested in reading more
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