> It seems far more likely that Amazon targeted and disabled these two apps because they functioned as residential proxy providers, rather than due to any role in facilitating unauthorized access to copyrighted content. For over a decade, Amazon has shown through inaction that it is unwilling to combat piracy outside of its appstore by endlessly disabling third-party piracy apps. However, the possibility of a network of unknowingly compromised Fire TV devices being used as gateways for cybercrimes appears to have been sufficient motivation for Amazon to take action and block the apps.

Sigh. Yeah no. This is a good thing. I'm sure they're not worried about stuff like Jellyfin or SmartTubeTV.

I'll wait till this can be confirmed before deciding what to think of it.

So the apps are malware that function as residential proxies.

Way to bury the lede.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45774284

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.