Amazon is burying up the Underground Android app marketplace

In 2015, Amazon launched Underground Actually Free, a third-party marketplace for "actually free" apps and games. It was a standoff-ish move at the time. Google creaked at Amazon for selling other apps within its shopping app, so the retail giant simply uploaded the Underground .apk and gave everyone the instructions on how to install it.

Now, this little slice of Android history is going down. Amazon announced it's discontinuing the Underground Actually Free program, ending all support in 2019. Current Fire tablet customers can continue enjoying previously installed ...