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Are you suggesting you can browse and buy from the Amazon app without an internet connection?
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No, but you can read without an Internet connection.
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...about as much as arbitrary and frequent "updates" to apps. I'm looking at you, Alexa....
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I don't know much about Alexa. The only device I have it on is my Fire tablet, which I haven't charged in about six months. And I disabled Alexa on that device, though Amazon was constantly nagging me about it. The Fire Tablet is only an 8 GB device and, with every upgrade and new mandatory apps, it became less and less usable.
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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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In my opinion (for what it's worth), the Nook App is one of the better reading apps.
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I uses them both on my phone as well, and for the most part, yes the same.
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They display pretty much the same on the phone, but Firefox sometimes won't allow online payments, etc. — though I'm speaking specifically about the desktop (Linux) version. I don't do online banking on my phone and very little buying at all (B&N, Kobo, and the Kindle apps were the exceptions).
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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.
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I personally don't want a lot of financial information on my phone. When I do buy from the phone (just the apps mentioned above) I use PayPal, which draws from my bank — which (I figure, who knows) gives me two layers of protection. I don't enter the PayPal information on the phone, it's just my preferred payment option for the book sellers. (At least it used to be, I haven't looked into this in a while.)
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When an app really does add value, awesome.
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The value, for me, is mostly being able to read offline.
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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.
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I turn off most notifications for apps, though B&N is one that I leave on.
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Where's that torches-and-pitchforks smiley?
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