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by wvenable 3190 days ago
If I had only Apple products, my Amazon Echo would be useless (no app in the store in my country to activate it -- I sideloaded it on Android). I run Firefox as my primary browser on my Android tablet, on my iPhone it's Safari only. I run a few different mail clients on my Android phone, on iPhone you have one default mail client. Etc.
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KozmoNau7 3189 days ago
The Echo thing is an Amazon problem, I think.

And I was under the impression that there were several third party email apps for iOS?

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wvenable 3189 days ago
The echo thing is that Amazon makes it US-only and Apple happily obliges and hides the app from me. There isn't a lot that is more anti-consumer than that.

I downloaded the Android APK and sideloaded it on my Android device. Sure, the echo doesn't support Canadian addresses (although it does have Canadian content) it otherwise works fine.

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KozmoNau7 3189 days ago
Again, that's an Amazon issue. Apple doesn't region restrict apps, the app developer does that when they add it to the App Store.
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wvenable 3189 days ago
The Apple issue is that you have no alternative. The app is similarly region restricted on the Google Play Store. If there was a Windows version, it would be similarly restricted on the Windows store. But only on iOS do I have no alternative to getting it.

I'm happily running the app on my Android device despite it being region restricted. Sweet sweet freedom.

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