# CNET: "Here's Why Amazon Won't Let You Buy Books on Kindle App for Android Anymore" **URL:** \ **Category:** Technology\ **Created:** [June 14, 2022, 12:53pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/cnet-heres-why-amazon-wont-let-you-buy-books-on-kindle-app-for-android-anymore/752 "2022-06-14T12:53:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PropofolMask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6f9a4e/32.png) [@PropofolMask](https://community.clark.com/u/PropofolMask)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2022, 12:53pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/cnet-heres-why-amazon-wont-let-you-buy-books-on-kindle-app-for-android-anymore/752/1 "2022-06-14T12:53:21Z")
> **[Here's Why Amazon Won't Let You Buy Books on Kindle App for Android Anymore](https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/heres-why-amazon-wont-let-you-buy-books-on-kindle-app-for-android-anymore/)** > > Google wants a 15% cut of digital content purchases people make in apps sold on the Play Store. Amazon has told customers they can buy e-books on the company's website instead of through the Android app. ---
**Author:** ![ochotona](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.clark.com/ochotona/32/293_2.png) [@ochotona](https://community.clark.com/u/ochotona)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2022, 7:04pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/cnet-heres-why-amazon-wont-let-you-buy-books-on-kindle-app-for-android-anymore/752/2 "2022-06-14T19:04:52Z")
I am ok buying on the web, reading on my phone. Not a big issue ---
**Author:** ![SonoranSilkies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@SonoranSilkies](https://community.clark.com/u/SonoranSilkies)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 12:37pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/cnet-heres-why-amazon-wont-let-you-buy-books-on-kindle-app-for-android-anymore/752/3 "2022-06-15T12:37:39Z")
This happened with Nook a month or two ago. It’s annoying, but I understand why Nook and now Kindle removed purchases from the app. ---
**Author:** ![sengsational](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@sengsational](https://community.clark.com/u/sengsational)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2022, 4:12pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/cnet-heres-why-amazon-wont-let-you-buy-books-on-kindle-app-for-android-anymore/752/4 "2022-07-02T16:12:05Z")
My wife is a Kindle user, but that device (original Paper White) is pretty creaky, so she often resorts to using her Kindle app on Android. In the Android Kindle reader, is it one of those annoying things where rather than **tell you** that you can’t buy on Android platform, it just lets you struggle to find the buy option (which can’t be found because they removed it)? ---
**Author:** ![PricePerformer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.clark.com/priceperformer/32/159_2.png) [@PricePerformer](https://community.clark.com/u/PricePerformer)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2022, 4:22pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/cnet-heres-why-amazon-wont-let-you-buy-books-on-kindle-app-for-android-anymore/752/5 "2022-07-02T16:22:18Z")
Makes Perfect Sense to Me. Eliminate the Middle Man whenever possible. ---
**Author:** ![Smartpolitics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Smartpolitics](https://community.clark.com/u/Smartpolitics)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 3:23am UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/cnet-heres-why-amazon-wont-let-you-buy-books-on-kindle-app-for-android-anymore/752/6 "2022-07-03T03:23:05Z")
True. If only we could do that for cable Some people get cable by signing up for multiple streaming services. The consumer is getting screwed by content provider monopoly rather than the cable monopoly since the cable alternatives can be as expensive as cable especially with Comcast internet being over $90/mo in our area. The online providers can be approximately $70/mo which equals cable tv If only we got true unlimited 5G internet and we could have a secure hotspot with no need for cable internet. We could get Roku thru our 5G phones