Android Angry Birds Rio exclusive to Amazon Appstore

@Nytemare that means you pay for it....

dont want ads? go in airport mode....lol

@Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi

I'm perfectly fine with slapping money down for something I love.

@Nytemare nothing wrong with that at all.....the ads dont really bother me tho....given I dont play it much...and often times when I do Its on the shitter....a place where for some reason I tend to lose signal anyways...which means no ads...

@Nytemare
Same. Especially when it's FIFTY NINE PENNY's.

People always do comparisons with cheap products on this site. "5 dollhairs? Oh I could buy a flight to Atlanta for that".

Well 59p is actually nothing. Here's a list of things that cost less than 59p;
Air.

Here is a list of things that cost more than 59p;
Everything else.

@Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi I'd rather pay then have ads. But I have an iPhone so i get the good versions of Angry Birds anyways.

@BryceMeiklejohn

the Good versions? you mean without ads? that makes them good? thats what you are saying...right?

@Softserve Uhhhh fragmentation? Look at it as the more cleaned up version of the Android market...at least thats what I'm hoping...if you dont like it then don't download the app....simple as that....

also dont download PlayStation Suite....I mean its only gonna be another fragmented market app too.... right?

@Softserve
You lose simplicity like the iPhone store but you gain choice and options. Both have their pluses and minuses. Personally since I don't game much on my phone I prefer the iPhone method. Updates all under one roof.

@KinseySS the world of #Exclusivity....and the way shit is going and people are thinking "Consoles are dying" then its only a matter of time before Google or Apple cuts a check for a "Timed Exclusive" check much like MS has been doing....

@KinseySS
Probably the same thing Android users do when something is released exclusivly for iOS.

@The Only Girl

Ignore it and play something else?

@superklye
That only applies to Android Market. There's nothing stopping them from implementing their own app-store, distributing it to new customers will be a bit of a hassle though.

@superklye

Raniz85 is correct.

There's a slight separation between the Operating System itself and the "Google Experience". The Operating System is completely open-source, you can download the source, tinker and recompile any way you like. However, there are some propitiatory elements which many Android smartphones on the market contain -- such as Google Maps, Google Mail and, most importantly, Google Market -- but are not part of the Android Operating System itself, hence, not distributed with the source code you can pull down from Android Open Source Project (AOSP).

There's several reasons Google did this, mostly to enforce some restraints on manufacturers, putting pressure on OEMs to create devices which are best suited towards Android's strengths, mainly mobile phone support, however, tablet support is now there with the advent of Android 3.0. It's also to protect customers, keeping their secure transaction protocol and related assets a secret. And it also enables Google to police the Market, removing things like malicious applications. 3rd Party App Stores are included in this embargo, perhaps to prevent malicious App Stores suckering in the less technologically literate.

This does not mean that 3rd party stores can't come pre-loaded on some Android devices. In Japan, many DoCoMo devices come with "GameCenter" installed, a 3rd party game distribution network for mobile phone games in the region (which you can download yourself if you were really interested, it's great finding obscure Japanese games like "I Love Katamari" on Android... In English to boot, although the GameCenter UI is Japanese and will require basic-to-intermediate knowledge of the language to navigate and there's no guarantee all games come with English screentext). You can also download and install 3rd Party App Stores on your devices manually, thus you remove any liability which Google could be held accountable for if you get suckered into a 3rd Party App Store.

Of course, I should point out that Google has a vested interest in keeping their Market and the Android User Experience under their thumb, hence why they block 3rd Party App Stores. It also means that they can hold those who use Google's new Market Payments system under watch, anyone who violates the Terms of Service can get their App pulled from the Market, as well as phones it's installed on in some cases. And I should note that Google charges developers to put their applications onto the Android Market, I believe it's a $25 a year payment to use their services, something they wont get if developers use a 3rd Party App Store.