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I totally interpret this as a move to prevent any sideloading and ensure data collection and ad injection are being done on their part. Can't easily prevent tho

I totally interpret this as a move to prevent any sideloading and ensure data collection and ad injection are being done on their part. Can't easily prevent those on something that's not a fully baked Android.

kyriakos 3y ago
Which would make firesticks useless for me. I use them primarily as Plex / Kodi clients.
- shubb 3y ago
  Useless to the you, but due amazon these are loss making hardware that exists to sell amazon prime ppv so they would make more money if you and me didn't buy...
  - permo-w 3y ago
    if they wanted to prevent side-loading, why do they allow it via a free app in their app store?
    - fyokdrigd 3y ago
      if you cannot prevent, at least get metrics.
      - permo-w 3y ago
        the point is that they could prevent, if they wanted to. they have no obligation to allow that third party app in their store
        fyokdrigd 3y ago
        [flagged]
hospitalJail 3y ago
This would answer my question. Amazon is deliberately making things harder on their engineers. This would give a profit incentive. Run away from FAAMG, they all decided to behave like Apple.
permo-w 3y ago
I agree about ad-injection and data collection, but if they wanted to prevent side-loading they would have done it by now, at least via the main route, which is the Downloader app they seem to have no problem hosting in their app store Amazon doesn't have much to lose from allowing you to install x piracy app, in fact it's a selling point for a lot of people. yes a few people might not subscribe to prime, but I would be surprised if that outweighs the ad revenue and device sales
- potemkinhr 3y ago
  I have a hunch if they remained on android core and specifically prevented sideloading it would spark more backlash than simply switching to another platform. This way they gain complete control of the ecosystem with less backlash. Less tech savvy people will buy it, and more tech literate people will skip it altogether as they couldn't profit off them anyways.

kyriakos 3y ago

Which would make firesticks useless for me. I use them primarily as Plex / Kodi clients.

shubb 3y ago
Useless to the you, but due amazon these are loss making hardware that exists to sell amazon prime ppv so they would make more money if you and me didn't buy...
- permo-w 3y ago
  if they wanted to prevent side-loading, why do they allow it via a free app in their app store?
  - fyokdrigd 3y ago
    if you cannot prevent, at least get metrics.
    - permo-w 3y ago
      the point is that they could prevent, if they wanted to. they have no obligation to allow that third party app in their store
      - fyokdrigd 3y ago
        [flagged]

hospitalJail 3y ago

This would answer my question. Amazon is deliberately making things harder on their engineers. This would give a profit incentive. Run away from FAAMG, they all decided to behave like Apple.

permo-w 3y ago

I agree about ad-injection and data collection, but if they wanted to prevent side-loading they would have done it by now, at least via the main route, which is the Downloader app they seem to have no problem hosting in their app store Amazon doesn't have much to lose from allowing you to install x piracy app, in fact it's a selling point for a lot of people. yes a few people might not subscribe to prime, but I would be surprised if that outweighs the ad revenue and device sales

potemkinhr 3y ago
I have a hunch if they remained on android core and specifically prevented sideloading it would spark more backlash than simply switching to another platform. This way they gain complete control of the ecosystem with less backlash. Less tech savvy people will buy it, and more tech literate people will skip it altogether as they couldn't profit off them anyways.