Angry Birds Rio Unplayable if Amazon AppStore is Uninstalled

by: Kellex | posted 03.22.11 | Apps, Games, News

If you installed the new Amazon AppStore this morning to grab Angry Birds Rio, you might not want to uninstall it any time soon. If you do, and then try to play AB Rio, you’ll see the following message on your screen.

It looks like the Amazon Appstore was uninstalled from your device. Please install the Amazon Appstore and sign in with your username and password to use this app.

Smart move by Amazon, but frustrating to those of you out there that don’t want an extra appstore app taking up space on your phone’s internal memory and in your app drawer. Kids got to make money somehow, right? Hopefully this isn’t a trend with all of their apps.

Cheers @davekover and everyone else!

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Hoai_vien

To hell with Amazon Appstore. It crash my phone oh so often. Had to restart multiple times each time it crashes, before the phone work ok again. Uninstall the Appstore, everything is back to working fine, but all apps free and purchased through Amazone Appstore stop working, with that exact message.
I would never buy from Amazon again. Google app store is just fine now.
Guest

The real problem is that using the Amazon Appstore requires you to disable the security feature that blocks 3rd party apps. While Amazon and the Android Market might protect users from malicious apps, there are scams out there are blocked from installing by having the “Unknown sources” box unchecked.
Rsuprenant

that’s because as soon as you stop using there service, your apps no longer work! Beware of this peeps!
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http://twitter.com/citizen000 Lisa M

The annoying thing about the app store is the frequent updates.
Ajrl

I love and hate the amazon app store. First Love.. On my Moment i have downloaded AB and AB Season from the Market (google) and each time I might get a month out of it before it crashes and burns or the new update comes out and I cant play it.. Loaded Rio from Amazon and the picture quality and game are perfect. No more White boxes, no more slowness I love it!

Now my Con Got a game rollerball and it doesnt work. wont go past the first page just skips and I have a screen like if I was watching an old film.. So now I have an app that I have looked everywhere to uninstall and guess what… I must be missing it.. But I cant find anywhere to uninstall it..

Atleast at the market if I go to my download tab and I click on the game or app I can just from there click uninstall.. Amazon must be hiding that from me.. lol Anyone know how to do it?
Anonymous

Thats kind of a cr@p move to require it.
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http://twitter.com/ant_fallin Anthony Fallin

ha
http://blog.kwyps.com/ Theah

Yikes! That’s a dirty move.

Does anyone know if it’s like that with all apps downloaded from the Amazon Appstore or is it just ones that were on the ‘free app of the day’?

Michaelsheas

It’s all apps, paid or unpaid. I bought Angry Birds “Premium” and after the insidious Amazon app store kept popping up on my notifications bar, I happily deleted it. Now, the Angry Birds app I paid for no longer works. I get the same pop up message from Amazon you see above. But I have learned my lesson, I’m never purchasing anything from the Amazon app store again.

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Buckgrad

Having another app store installed is no big deal to me. AND its really nice to finally play Angry Birds without he ad banners getting in the way!
Buckgrad

Having another app store installed is no big deal to me. AND its really nice to finally play Angry Birds without he ad banners getting in the way!
Marc Sumter

i skimmed the comments and did not see this asked/addressed. if it was i apologize. so, question: if you want to get rio today via the amazon app store and you pay for it does it still require you to keep the amazon app as well, or was that simply a condition of getting the game for free yesterday? i can see being upset having paid for an app but actually needing to maintain 2 apps on your phone.
Anonymous

The Android platform has many companies that want to extract as much money from us as possible instead of one company. The monetization train has left the station, no point in crying over it. At least we have a more competitive market which will likely lead to more competitive pricing.
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http://photo.katzmatt.com Matt Katzenberger

To look at this Amazon Appstore thing from an alternate angle, doesn’t this mean that non-Google-approved devices can now have a legit appstore? (yes I know, sneaky people have included Gapps in their custom roms anyway, but for people who don’t want to be sneaky, or for lesser-known hardware devs, doesn’t this present a free, legal, and easy alternative?
TrueVoice

Amazon partnering with (bribing) developers so they only put their apps out through their market is playing dirty. It flys in the face of everything Android stands for. It’s not open at all, it’s a kind of vender lock in.

Also, not letting users play apps they downloaded through their market if its uninstalled is lame.

Boycott the Amazon appstore!
Oishimitzu

It has better graphics and runs much better on my phone than original AB or Seasons. So Amazon/Roxio wants to cover their ass by making sure you got your paid amazon apps through amazon… big effing deal. It’s a nice game, and a nice alternative market that is going to offer a free app of the day. No wait, you guys are right… Amazon is the devil.
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