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For context, his next tweet [0] in the thread was:

> But for an extension (with the exact same functionality) from a Big Corp, they magically found a way to test it

> https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/send-to-kindle-for...

[0] https://twitter.com/daniel_nguyenx/status/155516779079696793...

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When the big corp releases an extension it then it likely gets reviewed by the exec team's gophers to ensure it gets done expediently. For anyone else, the review is processed by folks at the bottom of the organization, possibly even contractors, that have no budget control for devices.

They can only review a certain set of things based on what they've been provided. In the case of mobile, they will actually be using their own hardware instead of being offered test devices. Therefore, they have to go and find the one guy who has a specific Android device to repro an issue.

In way it's good that they got a response like this. Many times the folks doing the review want to do their best, but it takes a lot of time to escalate. Eventually there is a spat internally because no progress is being made. Someone forces the folks dealing with the external person to use some generic response because they don't want to admit the real reason.

I mean, that other extension is by Amazon itself. If they want Google to feature it, they can literally throw all the money and Kindles at them they want - no magic required. Money buys stuff. More news at 5. People seem to forget that Google is still a marketing company. This is precisely their business model.

it kind of implies that google might have a kindle that amazon sent them to test the other app?

Hot take here but maybe, just maybe, there's more than 1 reviewer, even dispersed across different offices.

We don't know if Amazon said they can keep it. And even if they did, whether or not Google actually chose to keep it in storage for potential later use. Or if they even sent them one in the first place instead of just outright buying the "featured" plaque.

thus I say "might". idk why either of those companies deserve your time giving them the benefit of the doubt.

I don't care about the companies, I was merely pointing out that this is pretty much just another made up drama for the blogger feeder. So noone should care about this post either.

Maybe the Big Corp send Google a Kindle device for reviewing?

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