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Amazon is cracking down on illegal streaming on its Fire TV Stick (www.theverge.com)

submitted 11 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (3 children)

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

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[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago* (1 child)

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.

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[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 2 points 11 months ago

That’s just for Vega OS devices, which will be the low end ones.

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[–] northernlights@lemmy.today 1 point 11 months ago

Hopefully nobody tellsl them about plex

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