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Android Open Source Project is mostly Apache licensed, it runs on the Linux kernel which is GPLv2.
This situation with the firesticks is essentially the same play that TiVo pulled way back when, and the GPLv3 is supposed to counter.
The thing is, wide parts of the population are extremely IT illiterate. The governments didn't act to protect them (say, by threatening the host countries of the scammers aka India in the case of the US or Turkey/Bulgaria/Romania in the case of Europe), so private companies had no other choice.
And hell even the best of us like Brian Krebs can fall victim to attacks [1].
I'm really out of ideas how we can reconcile the needs of the 99% vs the needs of the 1% without making life hell for the other group.
[1] https://www.businessinsider.com/security-journalist-brian-kr...
Someone has to write the code and I doubt many people would quit their jobs over it.
I can count among my friends and family some 50 Fire Sticks, and we're all happy with them, as they do what they say on the box. We Tech folks (and some more than others) live in a bubble, but the other 99% of the users couldn't care less about this.
It is a Linux distro, and apps must be written in React Native (C++ libraries supported), or Web.
I am guessing there's better devices out there now than a Fire Stick
For this application, you can just get a raspberry pi for about the same price. And they’re not even taking it away from ones that I already had it. They just aren’t selling the ability anymore so you know it when you bought it.
Streaming was designed from the ground up to be user hostile with surveillance and reduced control over the video stream. People hold onto old specious ideas and don't update them.
I still pay for Netflix, Disney, Apple, Spotify and bbc. I’m happy to pay for my entertainment, I refuse adverts.
When Clarkson farm came back I looked at re subscribing to Amazon, there were three choices, all with adverts.
I’m sure it makes money, but for me you get greedy and you lose money.
I have to admit that's a lot of subscriptions. Most people here are relatively rich, but no wonder people are priced out.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/S6-Elite-Ultra-2024-SuperBox-TV-2...
There was a point in time, around 10-12 years ago, that I thought that piracy would eventually die, as the streaming services were pretty cheap and offered good quality/quantity. How wrong I was.
But it is refreshing to be sailing the high seas after such a long time. Brings back memories. Contrary to paid services, piracy actually got much better and convenient. Better quality audio/video, etc
croes•1h ago
Getting worse on every metric isn’t a system seller
echelon•1h ago
I think it's grossly unethical and negligent that our DOJ/FTC allowed them to acquire film studios, subsidize them with outside business unit profit, put ads across their own properties, then give it all away for "free". This destroys actual healthy industries.
They bought Lord of the Rings for egregious sums, emblazoned ads on all of their delivery vans, printed it on their packaging, and put it front and center on all their apps. Any other studio would be out a billion dollars on that. Then Amazon just gives it away.
How do you compete with that?
Meanwhile Warner Bros has to fight an uphill battle to reach the same eyeballs, spend a fortune on production and advertising, and then ask customers for their money. Why would they go to theaters when they can get it for free on Prime later? Or just watch one of the shows already on Prime?
And of course now Amazon has offshored the jobs, further put consolidation pressure on the industry, gobbled up more studios...
Every single one of these giants needs to be broken up. They are a cancer in search of more growth, and unfortunately in order to find that growth they are killing the host (healthy American industries and jobs).
PunchyHamster•1h ago
NickC25•40m ago
Film & entertainment is not the only area in which Amazon engages in this type of behavior.
They need to be broken up, and Bezos needs to pay his taxes.