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Amazon is shutting down its third-party Android app store

www.engadget.com

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Amazon is shutting down its third-party Android app store

www.engadget.com

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Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months ago

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The Amazon Appstore will no longer be available on Android as of August 20, 2025.

The Amazon Appstore will no longer be available on Android as of August 20, 2025.

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I’m guessing the reason to create an entire store was so they didn’t have to pay Google a higher percentage?
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  back in the day it wasn’t clear that Google wanted a strong monopoly control over Android. Amazon was just another contender in the ecosystem.

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