Yo Amazon: Please don’t hijack the web on Kindle Fire
December 19, 2011
[Commentary] Amazon’s Kindle Fire, arguably a successful 7-inch tablet, is locked down more than people might think. When trying to browse the Google Android Market website in the Fire’s web browser, the device instead opens up Amazon’s Kindle Fire application store. Since the Fire doesn’t officially have access to the Android Market, I can understand the device highlighting its own app store. But to specifically hijack a browser URL and redirect it is disturbing and sets an ugly precedent. I have several concerns here. First is the idea of limiting what a consumer can or can’t do on a device that they’ve purchased.
Yo Amazon: Please don’t hijack the web on Kindle Fire