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Originally Posted by kevinp
The idea that the HDX goes into "low power" mode while you read is nice. Unfortunately (for Amazon), I will never buy something without Google Play. I'm already invested in Google's eco-system because of my phone. I can install almost all of the apps that are on my phone onto my Nook HD+. I won't be getting a new tablet any time soon.
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That is one of my issues with getting a Fire. Last time I checked it was possible to get Google's apps (e.g. Google Drive, Google Maps, Google Play Books etc.) running on a Fire, but that would seem to rely on Google's largess in not locking things down more. Google has been offering various app services that stand apart from the Android API and to the extent that their own apps require these, it might make it more difficult to make them run correctly on a Fire in the future.
And I don't like the way Amazon does not allow some of the apps in their own Appstore to be downloaded to a Fire. These are mostly alternate browsers (Puffin, Dolphin), epub reading apps, Dropbox and the like. It's annoying, and perplexing. Fire users should have full choice of what is there.
This is not entirely a deal breaker for me but it comes close.