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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fast Learner" data-source="post: 5603741" data-attributes="member: 649">It is as of today, definitely. If they had a really successful tablet of their own it's possible they'd eventually limit it, but it's unlikely.Apple isn't trying to block Amazon from selling apps, just from calling it an "app store", which you have to do in order to protect your trademark. "App Store" is nowhere near as generic as "shopping cart". Amazon can call it the Amazon App Shop, App Marketplace, App Center, App Hub, App Boutique, App Central, App House, App Emporium, App Market, App Emporium, App Showcase, App Vault, App Supply, App Bank, App Outlet, App Supercenter, App Bazaar, and a whole host of other things I didn't think of as I typed. Apple's protecting the specific trademark they registered years ago. Those off-the-top-of-my-head suggestions don't even touch on the hundreds or thousands of options that don't begin with the word "app". All of the permutations of Android _________, or House of Apps, or, really, anything. It's not like "Amazon" meant "book store" prior to Jeff Bezos deciding to call it that. The sky's the limit.</blockquote>