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Amazon app store or Google play?
- Thread starter gonowhere
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Unfortunately, I tend to get most of my apps from Google Play.
I *LIKE* the concept that the Amazon App Store has, in that they vet the apps a bit more, and attempt to stop bad apps/scammers/etc from being able to place their apps on their site.
However, in practice, this just ends up leading to Amazon always being behind in updates for any specific app, sometimes many versions behind.
There are countless apps that I have gotten from Amazon, that are multiple versions behind compared to their counterparts on Google Play.
I don't know whether Amazon is just far behind in approving the updates, or whether the app writers just simply give up submitting the updates to Amazon, whether they forget, or whether they just don't care.
In any case, in the end, I do what I have to do to be on the current stuff, which usually means getting my apps from Google Play.
I *LIKE* the concept that the Amazon App Store has, in that they vet the apps a bit more, and attempt to stop bad apps/scammers/etc from being able to place their apps on their site.
However, in practice, this just ends up leading to Amazon always being behind in updates for any specific app, sometimes many versions behind.
There are countless apps that I have gotten from Amazon, that are multiple versions behind compared to their counterparts on Google Play.
I don't know whether Amazon is just far behind in approving the updates, or whether the app writers just simply give up submitting the updates to Amazon, whether they forget, or whether they just don't care.
In any case, in the end, I do what I have to do to be on the current stuff, which usually means getting my apps from Google Play.
as439726
Android Enthusiast
Hard question. So I will be even more confusing.
Amazon app store is great for the "Free App of the Day". Google Play is awesome for everything else.
The biggest drawback for the Amazon store is that it has to constantly connect the app to the store. So if you are out of data range sometimes it causes fubar. Google Play does not.
Amazon app store is great for the "Free App of the Day". Google Play is awesome for everything else.
The biggest drawback for the Amazon store is that it has to constantly connect the app to the store. So if you are out of data range sometimes it causes fubar. Google Play does not.
gonowhere
Android Enthusiast
Good feed back :thumbup:
I was just curious about other's opinions, I have heard some negativity about Amazon. I use the Play Store, I usually know what I want, I'm not one to go crazy downloading novelty stuff, plus I hate getting update notifications from all angles.
I do bounce around for music though, always looking for a bargain or a freebie.
I was just curious about other's opinions, I have heard some negativity about Amazon. I use the Play Store, I usually know what I want, I'm not one to go crazy downloading novelty stuff, plus I hate getting update notifications from all angles.
I do bounce around for music though, always looking for a bargain or a freebie.