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Originally Posted by John F
My understanding is that the kindle fire runs a version of android. It seems logical to me that the reading software would just be another app. I would think that the actual reading app would share a lot of code with all the other kindle for android apps. I'm speechless that anyone would be flabbergastered and has such a narrow view of things.
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The Kindle Fire is not just an Android tablet.
It runs FireOS, which is "a version of Android" but forked. Amazon has a ton of exclusive FireOS code, which pervades every aspect of the device. No Google Play and a completely different interface are just the two most basic fundamental user-facing differences, and anyone who has ever owned or even held one for a few hours can tell the difference. The app too is different, as fjtorres said:
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Originally Posted by fjtorres
Not if the typical buyer of the device or app doesn't use it or it rquires resources not available. Plus, Amazon doesn't have a single software team and codebase; they don't have a single app that gets ported to different devices, but rather separate teams and apps that try to tailor each app to the device's user base.
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But let's say they DID use the same app.
Is it really that surprising that Amazon would add special code in to check if it is a Fire vs. any other Android tablet? That would be the easiest way for Amazon to do it,
if it was actually the same reading app.
I already said:
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You will buy a lot more Amazon content on your Kindle eink/Fire, which makes it so easy to tie everything in to Amazon, than on your Nexus tablet where you have 4 competing ebookstores and dozens of appstores. So, Amazon would like you to own and use your Kindle Fire even though they will of course let you read your purchases on the Nexus too.
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Which is an obvious reason for Amazon to do everything they are physically capable of doing to block Prime Lending Library on the Nexus/general Android app.
So yes, I am flabbergasted at the idea that anyone could respond to my observation that Amazon has reason to refuse features to the Nexus (and by extension all non-Fire devices)
by wondering why it isn't on their iPad!!!! This is irrespective of Fire vs Android.
My flabbergast reached it's pinnacle with:
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Originally Posted by eschwartz
Particularly as I made sure to make that distinction (using the Nexus as an example) in my original statement. Unless you think that PCs and iPads are actually Amazon products as well?
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Especially when you justify it by reasoning that the Fire shares code with the
Android app!!! An honest mistake to think it does, but where do you get from there to thinking that the same code also runs on the iPad???