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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger
The Android app, the one that is technically running when you watch a stream, is only doing that. It won't work unless you use the Amazon app to pick out what to watch. Both combined, they do more than stream. My apologies if it is implemented differently in ios - I could not see why it would.
If it sounds to you like I am expressing an anti-Apple sentiment, then you are absolutely right, since I can't tell you how to interpret something. But I am not doing it by making up facts - unless it is possible in ios to install Prime streaming without the Amazon app to go along with it.
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It is most definitely possible without the Amazon shopping app, they are completely orthogonal.
As for why they're compeletely orthogonal, well, that might very well be driven by the iOS architecture that strictly sandboxes apps and only allows limited communication between them (which has both pros and cons, which is better is entirely based on one's needs -- for me, the security that sandboxing provides has more value than the flexibility that Android's architecture provides).
So, given that Amazon has an app that does ONLY video, only allows you to browse titles for the sake of discovery, only allows you to watch titles that you've already rented elsewhere or which are Prime eligible, and is sandboxed such that it cannot talk to any other Amazon application directly, I don't see why they cannot allow cellular streaming like Netflix, Hulu, Crackle, etc -- and I especially don't see how it could be considered Apple's fault.