Well, you now have an alternative to malware-ridden third-party app stores. It's possible to completely bypass Google Play and download certain popular apps for free on your Android device using the Amazon Underground app. The Amazon Underground app store, launched in August , is part of Amazon's plan to challenge well-established iOS and Android app stores iTunes and Google Play with a completely different pricing model. Rather than charging users a one-time fee to download an app and then offering in-app upgrades and items for purchase, the internet giant instead allows Kindle Fire tablet users to download certain popular apps completely for free — and they will never, ever need to pay for any in-app purchases.
Therefore, Amazon Underground received the reputation of being free, which attracted many customers to the app and resulted in a large amount of initial growth for the app upon its release! Even though Amazon did not charge continuous fees for the use of Amazon Underground, they were able to monetize the app by providing ads every time a user downloaded an app from Underground.
As well, Amazon would occasionally feature ads when customers opened Underground, which enabled them to keep the app running and to pay their app developers. Amazon Underground was met with a mixed bag of reception, but was overall praised for being an affordable place to download games and other apps, in particular for children who could download apps to their devices without always requiring purchase consent from their parents.
The app was also highly praised for enabling app creators to make money upfront by paying creators every time someone used their app. As well, Amazon Underground was known for being a place where app developers could focus more on creating engaging in-app experiences instead of spending the majority of their time stressing about monetizing their apps. When Amazon began the process of closing down the Underground app, they allowed users to utilize the service until the beginning of However, customers can still use most of the apps they purchased through Underground, which were required to be made available through Google Play at the outset.
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