ijeff@lemdro.idM to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 8 months agoScoop: Amazon is ditching Android for Fire TVs, smart displayswww.lowpass.ccexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down12
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minus-squareDrugsMcChristlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down3·8 months agothe reason why they’re doing this and the reason why it probably won’t save the product line are the same: the only reason people were buying Amazon TV devices and smart displays was to side load apps
minus-squarepassepartout@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·8 months agoI was even trying to go one step further by rooting it and just use plain android tv since i only needed it for jellyfin but it didn’t work lol.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·8 months agoYou could just … install Jellyfin
minus-squarepassepartout@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·8 months agoYes I did that before but i wanted to get rid of amazons bloat and login constraint
minus-squareCCatMan@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agoYeah, my parents went from Roku to Amazon to have the option of side loading. Good thing jellyfin is all I need.
the reason why they’re doing this and the reason why it probably won’t save the product line are the same: the only reason people were buying Amazon TV devices and smart displays was to side load apps
I was even trying to go one step further by rooting it and just use plain android tv since i only needed it for jellyfin but it didn’t work lol.
You could just … install Jellyfin
Yes I did that before but i wanted to get rid of amazons bloat and login constraint
Yeah, my parents went from Roku to Amazon to have the option of side loading. Good thing jellyfin is all I need.