I wonder how Amazon plans to make money on Amazon Underground. I read somewhere it may be by inserting ads into our apps in the future. If then, something like that maybe impact user experience. Do you think so?
And more permissions required for apps for Amazon Underground than those apps for Amazon Appstore or Play Store. So I think, the amazon underground maybe is not fit to those clean utility apps, which need not any permissions at all. Is it right?
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Anyone post their apps to Amazon? I am thinking to post my paid apps to Amazon besides the official Market. It's quite annoying to remove linkage to android market in app's free version.
But it sounds that AT &T will block Amazon app.
I have posted my app, Smart Diagram, to it. And it is selling ok. 4 in a month. As a new store, i am quite impressed by Amazon effectiveness.
> Anyone post their apps to Amazon? I am thinking to post my paid apps to Amazon besides the official Market.
I'm liking it so far because the charts seem much more dynamic. My free word game "wordoid!" is hard to find in the Android Market's charts but has climbed to #2 in Amazon's charts for some reason.
> It's quite annoying to remove linkage to android market in app's free version.
Yes, this does make it tiresome when upgrading apps. You can automate the process though with build scripts.
That's a good idea to use build scripts to build the apk for both Google and Amazon. I wanted to post my apps on Amazon, but I was dreading rewriting some of the code and having to maintain to different copies. And the pro version of my app uses LVL which isn't compatible with Amazon.
How did anyone else handle LVL if you posted to Amazon. Just remove it completely and use the Amazon DRM? Ahhh...maybe I'll just stick to the Google app store.
I'd like to see some more feedback from people that have posted to Amazon though to get a better idea of how it compares.
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I have uploaded several apps to amazon. But very few downloads are generated from it.
Has anyone else noticed that the Amazon AppStore seems to be cheaper than the Android (Google) Market? Apart from offering a free paid app every day, some apps seem to be less expensive. Another advantage that I noticed is that it's all in US$ and not converted from € or £; this is great because then I don't have to pay foreign transaction fees!
Only disadvantage is that you have to keep an eye on two different market places...
Shame it's not available in the UK - We can view but can't even get the free app of the day - says theservice is not available in your country...
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Shame it's not available in the UK - We can view but can't even get the free app of the day - says theservice is not available in your country...
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I know that the MarketEnabler app works for the standard android market (for root devices), but does it also work for Amazon's store? or does it pull country ID a different way?
On the Amazon AppStore, Amazon gets to adjust an app's price around. App developers are guaranteed a minimum amount of money (so when one of the apps are free for a day, Amazon is literally just paying the developer for each download!) for paid apps, but Amazon reserves more control.
Personally, I like the AppStore FAR more than the Android Market... I've never once had an issue with stuff from the AppStore totally ignoring you when you tell it to install/update something (unlike what the Market does for me somewhere from 50-90% of the time).
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I know that the MarketEnabler app works for the standard android market (for root devices), but does it also works on Amazon's store? or does it pull country ID a different way?
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My Transformer is not rooted - I don't intend to root it... not for some time - it's new so I'm "bedding it in" - see if any problems popup..
Just a shame that a company as large as amazon has not expanded the Android market into all regions yet.. and yet Kindle it appears has taken over the world. LOL
My problem with Amazon:
1. Can't turn off one-click purchase. I have purchased apps accidentally.
2. The only way to "diasble" one-click is to de-authorize the device on Amazon's website
3. Once you de-authorize a device or if you uninstall the Amazon App Store app, you can no longer use the app.
Basically, if you buy an app and then decide down the road that you don't like the amazon appstore (for whatever reason). You pretty much can't uninstall it unless you don't want access to the apps you purchased anymore. I don't think the andorid marketplace functions this way.
I am unsure if the apps even function if you don't have a wireless connection. Maybe someone can clarify this.
Also, if there is a way around this, I'd like to hear it.
As is stands now, I have about 6 paid Amazon apps and have now decided that I don't want to use the amazon appstore due to their no-refunds/can't-turn-off-one-click policy(s). So what do I do now? I am forced to leave the amazon appstore app on my device.
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My problem with Amazon:
1. Can't turn off one-click purchase. I have purchased apps accidentally.
2. The only way to "diasble" one-click is to de-authorize the device on Amazon's website
3. Once you de-authorize a device or if you uninstall the Amazon App Store app, you can no longer use the app.
Basically, if you buy an app and then decide down the road that you don't like the amazon appstore (for whatever reason). You pretty much can't uninstall it unless you don't want access to the apps you purchased anymore. I don't think the andorid marketplace functions this way.
I am unsure if the apps even function if you don't have a wireless connection. Maybe someone can clarify this.
Also, if there is a way around this, I'd like to hear it.
As is stands now, I have about 6 paid Amazon apps and have now decided that I don't want to use the amazon appstore due to their no-refunds/can't-turn-off-one-click policy(s). So what do I do now? I am forced to leave the amazon appstore app on my device.
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I understand what you are saying but it is exactly the same with Google Market; it's just not that obvious! Your device is linked to your google account and your market account is basically identical with (or part of) your google account. So if you decide you don't want to go with google anymore (which is impossible btw) you would lose all your apps as well. Does that make sense?
Ignore me, I obviously didn't read the first post.....
Hmmm. I was just shocked to see that some apps are also more expensive at amazon... Guess at the end of the day it will be very similar after all.
So I somehow have Angry Birds from both the Play Store, and the Amazon App store. They used to be different so I only had the Amazon one installed, now, somehow, my GS3 thinks it's from both places. When I update it from the Play store, Amazon wants to update it. When I update from amazon, Play Store wants to, and so on.
Anyone know how I can get this dealt with? I tried using the Remove Market Entry from TiBu to no avail.
I didn't know Amazon had locks on certain apps where you need the fire line to download the apps...well, now I need to ask, how do I download these apps (or even get it listed on the Amazon Appstore app)? There has to be a way somehow? posting it here cause I am using the Shield Tablet
it's crazy when you don't want Google on your phone for privacy,
like some devs have "google play DRM" with their app, so even if you do "APK" backup, it won't work unless you have google services and google play store.
heck, some of these apps require you to be "OnLiNe" for 24h wtf is this?
its 2022 devs should do better than this and stay a way from monopoly and anti-privacy companies.
Well put. For some apps, I have offered devs 10 to 20 USD to buy a license. Very few bother to reply. These apps might cost 2 to 5 USD on google play. My phone has no gapps installed so often I have to get these apks from other sources. In many cases I already paid for them when I had google play years ago, so I don't feel any guilt in using them. It is indeed a hassle to attempt to patch apps I previously bought to run on a phone without google as they otherwise phone home for a license check.
However when I did get a reply from a dev I bought thru Amazon and emailed the payment screenshot to the dev and they sent me a link to download an apk!
Anyone on here should be able to install an apk without an app store.
Fdroid is the only app repository I will consider putting on my phone.
Strange times indeed. Very few people understand that most of the network activity done by apps has very little to do with the apps actual functioning, in most cases. Its just a privatized big brother. I hate it.
End rant. Sorry.