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minus-squareCocodapuf@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months ago Amazon apk store shuts down August 20th. Huh… This sounds like a huge pain in my ass. What happens to Kindle fire tablets, that you know heavily rely on that functionality? I can guess what happens to any of us that use that store on other devices (I think it’s safe to say we’re fucked). I basically only ever used it because it gave away free apps, but man, the DRM put into those apps was so aggressive and annoying.
minus-squarenamingthingsiseasy@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoExactly. All these devices can just be bricked the moment some corporation decides they’re not worth supporting anymore. Never buy a device that is so heavily dependent on running on another company’s services.
Huh… This sounds like a huge pain in my ass. What happens to Kindle fire tablets, that you know heavily rely on that functionality?
I can guess what happens to any of us that use that store on other devices (I think it’s safe to say we’re fucked).
I basically only ever used it because it gave away free apps, but man, the DRM put into those apps was so aggressive and annoying.
Exactly. All these devices can just be bricked the moment some corporation decides they’re not worth supporting anymore. Never buy a device that is so heavily dependent on running on another company’s services.