Comments on: Amazon Appstore Looks To Be Price Matching Google’s 10 Cent Apps

By: Fatmi Tab1

Fatmi Tab1 — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 09:42:00 +0000

For the nations whose currency has less value 10 cent is still to much. Jaycon

By: Bobson

Bobson — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:52:00 +0000

Even though your name states who you are, I have to agree.thanks mobile applications software developer

By: Droidrules

Droidrules — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 13:37:00 +0000

This is actually a consequence of point 5 (i) of the developer agreement with Amazon. The list price on Amazon must NEVER be higher than the price in any other app store. So, once Google lowers the price for some apps to $.10 Amazon has to do the same (or the developers have to do it, I don’t know how the logistics work).

By: Charles Arnold

Charles Arnold — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 09:52:00 +0000

I see all these people saying they are rebuying the discounted apps from amazon’s FAOTD on the market so that they have them on Google’s market. And that amazons app store sucks in general. Then i have to question, why even bother with amazon at all? i know i know free apps whoo weee! but here is the thing. Either you download the FAOTD and hate it and never use it ( maybe even uninstalling the app) or you love the app and use it often. ( i am sure there is a bit of middle ground but over all these the options). Ok so you love the app, then why not support the developer anyways and actually pay for the app at full price on the market ( or at discount if lucky). especially considering the developers of the apps on the FAOTD are getting nothing for your download.

So for everyone bitching about amazon app store, just ditch it and buy your apps on the one and true (lol that made me laugh … hmm that was redundant. ) market. I have never and will never download amazons shity app store.

There are very few apps i am not willing to buy ( as long as they are good that is) and for those that i wont buy ( very expensive apps that are like $10+ ) there are usually free or cheaper alternatives anyways.

Just my 2cents. Fell free to disagree if you want. Just seems if you enjoy the app and hate amazons app store you should just buy the app on the market, discount or not.

By: tjhrulz

tjhrulz — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 22:29:00 +0000

Yeah the moment I posted that it dawn on me that might be why.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:49:00 +0000

Yea, that’s part of #1 for me… I have an OG Droid and Asphalt 6 won’t play on it, but would do great on GNex & TPrime… looking forward to upgrading.

By: tjhrulz

tjhrulz — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:47:00 +0000

Well you answered my question very well, I stand corrected. I just am the kind of person that would not do any of those.

1) Good point
2) Good point
3) I would still think you would add it unless one of the previous two applied or it is incompatible
4) I thought from the webstore when you buy it starts right up the download, if not then good point

Oh and I thought of another good one, does not work with current phone but will with one you will get.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:38:00 +0000

1) Upgrading device in next couple days
2) Getting a tablet in the next couple days
3) Buy at a discounted rate now vs. full-price later
4) Not physically near your phone

There’s lots of reason, that’s 4 right there that I have.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:22:00 +0000

Even though your name states who you are, I have to agree.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:17:00 +0000

I’d say the number of people who knew about the .10 deal was minimal to none outside the developer and Google employees.

A lot of people still don’t know about it.

By: I'm a Troll

I'm a Troll — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:14:00 +0000

Apparently, SwiftKey isn’t very good.

By: tjhrulz

tjhrulz — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:13:00 +0000

Under what circumstances would you not want to download right after buying. Other than wanting to be on WiFi I see none, and then just wait to buy it.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:08:00 +0000

How is it operator error? I signed in, I bought the app, checked out, clicked ok after confirmation. 12-24 hours later my purchases were cancelled by Google.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:48:00 +0000

So I noticed these discounts on Amazon’s App store yesterday and it got me thinking.

IIRC, Amazon has that policy that you have to list the price the same on their market or cheaper than you have EVER listed it on other markets( Like the Google Android Market). Amazon reserves the right to lower the price of the app to match any price you have ever listed.(There was a story about a Kindle book author who was giving away the first few chapters of his book for free on another service and Amazon mistakenly marked his book as Free due to the TOS.)

I am assuming Google actively reached out to these developers and either offered to cover the difference between the normal price and the $0.10 promo cost to get good apps, or they had to atleast get the devs to agree for some other reason, such as feature app placement in market promos or the STEAM philosophy of getting it back in volume.

Whatever the case maybe, I am pretty sure the Amazon App store can(but may not) treat any developer’s who has an app in both markets and is part of the promo as being “regularly” priced at $0.10 moving forward. So now that is the “base” price that Amazon and the developer can now split.

I am just curious if anyone has put that all together or knows if that will be the case?

Maybe I got my facts wrong. Or the terms of use have changed. If so, please correct me.

By: JimboGonzello

JimboGonzello — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:39:00 +0000

I love it when people blame operator error on Google.