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- Is there any non-tabloid source for any of this?by utf_8x
- Welp! There goes stremioby dpacmittal
- So what’s the alternative android stick that users will soon be purchasing instead?by daft_pink
- [dupe] Fire TV: Amazon to block piracy apps in the future
- I keep my old laptops mainly for use as tv boxes.
Even for a 5 year old laptop, my current tv laptop has much more power than a fire stick and I can run whatever I like.
- Fortunately when it comes to the $20-30 TV devices there are plenty of options that can be made mostly bloat free that you can install anything you want on.by dexterdog
- Only source is the Sun and there has been no official response from Amazon?
I'll wait till this can be confirmed before deciding what to think of it.
by rs186 - > but the real issue appears to have been the apps’ use of resource-monetization services that grant cybercriminals access to devices and residential IPs for malicious activity.
So the apps are malware that function as residential proxies.
Way to bury the lede.