Google Removes Amazon’s App from Play Store

In October, we spotted that Amazon had quietly launched a hidden and functional app store within its main Android application which was available for download on Google Play.

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Google has forced Amazon to taken down its shopping app that contained a functional app store. The app has now been replaced
by Amazon Shopping app that is the same but without the app store link.

Amazon confirmed that it removed these links to its app store because of Google’s rules for Play Store. Google altered its
Developer Distribution Agreement at the end of September, just a couple of weeks after Amazon updated its main app to allow
customers to purchase Amazon’s digital content, including videos and apps.

“We launched a new Amazon App for Android Phones on September 9 that provides an award-winning mobile shopping experience,
enables customers to discover and purchase all of Amazon’s digital catalog, and provides customers access to the Prime Instant
Video player and unlimited streaming of over 40,000 movies and TV episodes. Google subsequently changed their Developer
Distribution Agreement on September 25. As a result, we removed the app from Google Play and published the Amazon Shopping app.
Customers who want the best Amazon experience on their Android phone, including access to Prime Instant Video and Amazon’s
entire digital catalog, can still get the Amazon App for Android Phones at amazon.com/androidapp.

Source: TechCrunch