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alexmcc81 | 4 years ago

Windows is using Amazons Android store? That raises some uncomfortable questions about privacy:

> Regardless of whether you choose to apply Amazon DRM, Amazon wraps your app with code that enables the app to communicate with the Amazon Appstore client to collect analytics, evaluate and enforce program policies, and share aggregated information with you. Your app will always communicate with the Amazon Appstore client when it starts, even if you choose not to apply DRM.

https://www.developer.amazon.com/docs/app-submission/underst...

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nyanpasu64|4 years ago

> When your app starts on a Fire device,

I don't know if the telemetry applies to all apps on the Amazon store, or only apps installed on Fire devices. If the former, I would feel very uneasy about installing Amazon store apps on Windows.