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Do you have some examples? Sounds both horrible and interesting.
Icons cannot be removed from the launcher screen, they can only be combined into folder. The folders cannot be hidden or removed. Preinstalled programs cannot be uninstalled or disabled. Nothing works until the tablet is registered with Amazon. There is no app drawer. It's possible to install another launcher, but it's not possible to use it because Amazon has hardwired the home button to their launcher. (There used to be ways around that but Amazon has systematically disabled each of them.) Their Silk browser is terrible. Most every Amazon app provided is terrible.
I get that it's cheap and there will be significant compromises, but at least some of Amazon's apps should be somewhat comparable to non-Amazon apps.
I've gotten around some of this by loading the Play store and F-Droid, and blocking Amazon's servers but it's clear that Amazon's tablets are not only cheap but they're really low effort products built for Amazon rather than the purchaser.