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I don’t stream anything illegal but I have had to sideload a couple of things that weren’t available to download for whatever reason. I’m not going to give up that ability.
It’s one thing if it was never available because they didn’t want to put in the work. I’m talking very generically here, not about Android or the Fire Stick in particular. Like, no one is really going to be upset that something like an MP3 player or a DVD player can’t run whatever software you want. But if your company is intentionally removing such functionality, you can fuck right off. Greed is the only reason to do it.
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
“the Fire TV Stick 4K Select, which runs on Linux instead of the easily-modified Android software used on previous TV streaming hardware”
Ok… who wants to break it to them?
The Select is even more locked down, it uses Vega OS which doesn’t permit any sideloading at all. The only apps are HTML5
Its not sideloading, its installing apps on your device which you bought from a company in an exchange of goods, which you should be free to modify and do what you wish.
Amazon? Never heard of it.
well, that’s a rock worth living under
If you took it seriously, I wish you the best.
I was joking too, my dude
