Not that I like the Kindle Fire, but to be fair this was likely more Google's choice than Amazon's. To have access to Gmail / Youtube native apps you have to be certified by Google to do so and in all likeliness Google didn't want to do the certification for Amazon or stonewalled them in some manner, so Amazon said screw this and created their own appstore. Amazon would probably LOVE to get gmail on their appstore, but I bet you a million dollars that Google makes that impossible.
Make no mistake, if any android device does not have the google native apps on there, it's because Google doesn't want them on there.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
