Amazon To Close China App Store (scmp.com) 12
Amazon.com will close its official app store in China in July, the latest retreat from the Chinese market by the US tech giant following last year's announcement that its Kindle e-book service would also shut. From a report: An Amazon representative said the Amazon Appstore, launched in 2011 as an alternative to Google for Android phone users to install apps and games, will be "discontinued." However, its official shopping site Amazon.cn will remain operational, as will other services such as Amazon Global Selling, Amazon Global Store and cloud unit Amazon Web Services (AWS). The app store service will shut down on July 17, according to Chinese media The Paper, citing a Tuesday email from Amazon Appstore sent to users, which did not elaborate on the reasons for quitting the market. The Amazon Appstore could not be downloaded from its official Chinese site as of Tuesday.
American App Store (Score:2)
The American Amazon app store is a disaster. They got some attention back when they had their free app of the day. I still use a few of them, but I'm having to drop them because too often the apps refuse to run saying I have to sign in again to the app store (which doesn't help). Besides, the developers never update the Amazon version, or perhaps Amazon just isn't bothering to approve the updates. The only real reason for it to exist is the small number of Fire devices that can't use anything else witho
Bullsh*t in a China Shop (Score:1)
So nothing of worth was lost.
Re: (Score:2)
I have had (and still have) Kindle Fire devices for a long time, so I have bought apps there (the full versions) and want to be able to use those on my new(ish) phone, but most won't install...
Re: American App Store (Score:2)
You could "sail the seven seas" and take your chances.
huh? (Score:1)
Re: huh? (Score:2)
They had one for many years now.
Re: huh? (Score:1)
Doubt if China cares (Score:1)
Obvious reason (Score:2)
Why would a US corporation fail to sell Chinese-made junk in China? The goods are already in China, so locals can buy through an established bulk retailer, such as Ali-express, which has more accurate (although frequently incomplete) product descriptions and lower delivery fees.
E-book version in China (Score:1)
"The principals of democracy"
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The End
"W_____ the Generic Bear"
Generic bear luvs his hunny. So Generic bear headed out to the hundered acer forest to find some
"The fall of Communism^WDemocracy"
(and on and on...)