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After luring customers with low prices, Amazon stuffs Fire TVs with ads
(arstechnica.com)
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this post was submitted on 09 Nov 2023
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How did they lock them down?
Pushed a software update that disabled third party launchers and disallowed disabling future software updates.
Oh, shit!
My Xiaomi Mi Box S 4K doesn't auto-update because there's not enough storage space left.
No idea if Xiaomi have pushed any Amazon-level evil updates since last update though.
All I know is, 3rd-party launchers changed my life for the better, and I don't want it to change anytime soon.
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