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Old 08-16-2015, 07:04 PM   #1182
fjtorres
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Originally Posted by Purple Lady View Post
So if a free app gets pulled from the Windows app store, you won't be able to use it on your phone anymore? I don't think that's how Android works and it's another good reason to never go for a Windows phone.
That isn't quite what they're saying.
What they're (apparently) saying is that if the service the app provides goes away, the app goes with it. (Why keep an app that leads nowhere?)

Imagine if one of the app-locked ebook reading services (like Oyster or Scribd) went away. The app would be useless, no?

It's not as they are talking about an app that accesses local content.
It's all part of the recentralization (aka Cloud-ification) of computing.

Some welcome it.
Me, I'm cautious.
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