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So why can I make an Amazon purchase, using Amazon pay, through their android app installed through the Play Store. Is Google getting a cut there? Bandcamp must really be a threat to Google.

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I find it fascinating that the base assumption here is that it’s all a level playing field, rules are evenly enforced and it’s up to each developper to pull themselves from their bootstraps to make it work.

I have of course no idea how Amazon does their deals (just anyone outside Amazon I guess).

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