Report: Amazon will ditch Android in 'all of its new devices' starting with Fire TV
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Amazon has been using “forked” versions of Android to power its products for years now, but the company is apparently...

This would be horrible for people who enjoy sideloading APKs.

  • wolre@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Fire TV has been a horrible experience for a while and is only getting worse with them adding more and more apps. I have yet to use a Fire TV that is not a laggy piece of garbage. Honestly, whenever someone I know is looking for a TV I urge them to stay away from Fire TV at all costs.

    • isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      8 months ago

      bloat isn’t the only problem, this is my pi-hole’s statistics on the fire tv stick

      and keep in mind it clears the log every day, so this is about 4 hours of usage and 15 of “sleep”