return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours agoAmazon is cracking down on illegal streaming on its Fire TV Stickwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up163arrow-down13
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minus-squarejeffw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 hours agoIt doesn’t sound like they are saying the are going to block sideloading, just sideloading stuff like Kodi that are often used for illegal streaming
minus-squareAlexstarfire@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-28 hours agoIt says you’ll only be able to download stuff from their store. EDIT: I should have specified that I was talking about the new fire stick. Not whatever they plan to do with existing ones.
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoThat’s just for Vega OS devices, which will be the low end ones.
It doesn’t sound like they are saying the are going to block sideloading, just sideloading stuff like Kodi that are often used for illegal streaming
It says you’ll only be able to download stuff from their store.
EDIT: I should have specified that I was talking about the new fire stick. Not whatever they plan to do with existing ones.
That’s just for Vega OS devices, which will be the low end ones.