The permissions for any given app are within that apps manifest, which is programmed into the app on creation. My understanding of it is that Amazon does not need all of those permissions to install other apps onto your device. They need them for their app “amazon app” functionality. The more info you have about your…

They are gathering information about the users of the apps and using that data to try and put items in front of the user so they will buy them. They could also sell the findings that they get from the data to other developers. I am guessing that is also the reason for so many permissions... more data to log about the…