On: Amazon has launched a major global crackdown on Fire Stick piracy

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This year piracy apps, next year Plex/Jellyfin? Or will they call those piracy apps already?

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Just Jellyfin. Plex, being a for-profit corporation, will pay for FireTV app store placement.

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You should check out the details on the apps in the article. They’re pretty clearly malware at best.

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Right, and security is regularly used to justify starting down a path that's really about profit.

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Don’t disagree but these aren’t harmless programs. They’re explicitly designed to exploit users. I am not sympathetic to a crackdown on them even if I want to keep an eye out on how they are cracked down on.

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They're sideloaded by users accepting that risk for themselves.

I'm really not looking forward to the day I can only install sanctioned software from a walled garden on all of the devices I "own." For security reasons, of course…

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No disagreement there. I’m just pointing out the nuances.

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I would rather have the freedom and whatever risk comes with it, I'm an adult and don't need any part of tech giant paternalism. Even if their overall interests were aligned with mine.