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Fire TV: Amazon to block piracy apps in the future

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100 points speckx | 1 comments | 31 Oct 25 17:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.206s | source
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_fat_santa ◴[31 Oct 25 17:59 UTC] No.45774828[source]▶
Part of me wants to be angry at this change but another part of me is honestly going "ok whatever".

It's not like FireTV is the only game in town. These days you can buy an RPI Zero or next to nothing and program it to basically the same thing as a FireTV with zero restrictions and no possibility for future restrictions.

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cheeze ◴[31 Oct 25 18:14 UTC] No.45774976[source]▶
That sounds like a pain in the ass though. Explaining to my dad how to use Downloader on a FireTV is a lot easier than "hey dude buy a raspberry pi"
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ls612 ◴[31 Oct 25 18:33 UTC] No.45775187[source]▶
I mean even among android tv sticks alone there are plenty of no name chinese options out there, these things are dirt cheap to make and are basically commodities.
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clueless ◴[31 Oct 25 19:08 UTC] No.45775554[source]▶
any you would recommend that would compete with a fire-stick 4k Max level of hardware? and is open software, but that would also allow the installation of other media apps, like netflix, HBO max, etc?
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1. Fabricio20 ◴[31 Oct 25 23:13 UTC] No.45777746[source]▶
Xiaomi has a really good one I've been using for years at this point. The 4K one. I'm sure there are more reputable chinese brands with alternatives as well!