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

  • HeyJoe@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I’m guessing the reason to create an entire store was so they didn’t have to pay Google a higher percentage?

    • chrash0@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      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.