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Unlike an app, however, the browser only works if you have Internet service.
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Are you suggesting you can browse and buy from the Amazon app without an internet connection?
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And I've found browsers to be have inconsistent UIs (that often change)
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...about as much as arbitrary and frequent "updates" to apps. I'm looking at you, Alexa....
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and not as feature-rich as the app.
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Ideally, yes, that's supposed to be the point. It is often not true at all, unfortunately.
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Besides, browsers change all the time. I use Firefox on the Android smartphone, would it display the same as it would on Chrome?
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I uses them both on my phone as well, and for the most part, yes the same.
But Amazon is pretty good in this regard for shopping. I never use the app, the web site from my phone is perfectly adequate (and really, I mostly shop from a real computer anyway) and my wife likes the added features of the app, so she chooses to use it. Great.
When an app really does add value, awesome.
My ire is toward those companies that either DON'T have a mobile web option, and an app is the only choice, even if the functionality is so stupidly basic that a web site would be ideal, or those that have an intentionally hobbled web experience, and constantly try to goad you into installing their app.
The only reason for these apps is to push intrusive marketing notifications at you. They take up storage, slow down the phone, and often usurp control and options.
Where's that torches-and-pitchforks smiley?
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