Enlarge / Amazon’s new purchase explainer and the “learn more” link.
Following up on its earlier move to pull Audible audiobook purchases from its Play Store app, Amazon is also turning off Kindle digital book purchases on Android. The Google Perform purchasing crackdown is to blame, of course. Starting on June 1, Google will require all Enjoy Store apps to use Google Participate in billing for digital purchases or face removal from the marketplace. Google Play billing technically has been in the rules for a while, but Google is ending a hands-off enforcement policy that effectively allowed companies to run their own billing systems.
When you visit the Amazon app, you can still buy physical books, but digital purchases now show a “Why can’t I buy on the particular app? ” link instead of a purchase button. Amazon’s link shows the popup that says, “To remain in compliance with the Search engines Play Store policies, you will no longer be able to buy new content from the app. You can build a reading list on the app and purchase on [the] Amazon website from your browser. ”
Amazon Music buys have also been shut down on the Google Play application. The move brings Amazon’s Yahoo Play app in line with the iOS software, which also doesn’t allow electronic purchases. On Android, Amazon is pushing users to the website, where they can still buy electronic digital content or sign up for an unlimited subscription, which avoids typically the Play Store purchase lockdown.
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