Right, so... I still don't understand exactly what you mean.
On an iPad, Apple does not allow Amazon to sell things directly in the Kindle app -- because it's an "in app purchase", and Apple wants their 30%.
Google does allow this currently. The Kindle app on Nexus, downloaded from the Play store, embeds a complete store within it that does not use Play to do purchases. It uses the standard Amazon "one click" purchase mechanism.
The question is: is this changing so Amazon can no longer sell directly within the Kindle application when downloaded from the Play store?
[Edit]: I am not talking about the sideloaded Amazon App store in this case. The straight up kindle app from the Play store.
"Developers offering additional content, services or functionality within another category of app downloaded from Google Play must use Google Play's in-app billing service as the method of payment, except ... where payment is for digital content or goods that may be consumed outside of the application itself (e.g. buying songs that can be played on other music players)."
the kindle store is kind of straddling the line between affected and unaffected. if reading a kindle book on an e-ink kindle device counts as outside the app, they're fine. I'm guessing google will give amazon a pass here, the regulation is clearly meant to stop games with scammy IAP, not ebookstores.
Interesting. That's a good question... I suppose we can wait and see? Though Amazon's success may not be a real sign that app-store-apps are exempt, given their size.
On an iPad, Apple does not allow Amazon to sell things directly in the Kindle app -- because it's an "in app purchase", and Apple wants their 30%.
Google does allow this currently. The Kindle app on Nexus, downloaded from the Play store, embeds a complete store within it that does not use Play to do purchases. It uses the standard Amazon "one click" purchase mechanism.
The question is: is this changing so Amazon can no longer sell directly within the Kindle application when downloaded from the Play store?
[Edit]: I am not talking about the sideloaded Amazon App store in this case. The straight up kindle app from the Play store.