Amazon is shutting down its controversial Underground 'Actually Free' service.

EVERYTHING SELLER Amazon has announced plans to shutter Underground, its service that offered free versions of paid-for apps to Android phone and Fire tablet users.

"While we will continue to expand the Amazon Appstore experience, we have decided to discontinue the Underground Actually Free program," Amazon said in a blog post on Monday.

The firm noted that it will no longer accept new submissions for the programme as of 31 May, but added that existing developers will be able to continue to update their apps through 2019.

Access to the store will continue through the end of this summer, and Amazon will end support for the Underground app in 2019.



By Carly Page.
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