Yo Amazon: Please don't hijack the web on Kindle Fire (GigaOm)

GigaOm discovers the value of free platforms the hard way while playing with a Kindle Fire. "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."

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