Was the amazon appstores lack of success an amazon problem or a google problem

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Posted Nov 21, 2023 at 5:44 PM UTC

Was the Amazon Appstore’s lack of success an Amazon problem or a Google problem?

I’m beginning to wonder, as we zip through an internal Amazon document from April 23rd, 2013 that identifies early strengths and weaknesses across various app stores. Are these things really Google’s fault?

Amazon received app updates later than Google
Amazon had outdated versions of some Amazon subsidiary apps compared to Google
Amazon was missing many key apps for non-Kindle [...]
Apple and Google’s merchandised content had a more curated and editorial feel
Kindle versions of some racing games appeared to have lower-quality graphics than Google or Apple versions.
Amazon provided limited personalized recommendations
Google and Apple provided more full and consistent app data

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