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'Dodgy' Amazon Fire Stick Raids Update as 17 Areas Targeted - Full List

Amazon starts blocking piracy apps on Fire TV devices, including sideloaded ones, beginning in Germany and France as part of a global crackdown with over 30% of UK illegal streams from such devices.

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Amazon has just announced that they are now blocking hacking applications on their Fire TV Stick (affiliated link) and that on all devices. The new ones, the old ones, no matter... So, if an app is identified as distributing illegal content, it releases! Even if you have read sideloaded. This big household has started in France and Germany, and will spread to the whole world in the coming months. Sniiff... It smells like the end of an era. So, f…

Amazon is getting serious and cracking down on illegal streaming apps on the Fire TV Stick worldwide. From now on, apps identified as piracy platforms (even if they aren't from the Amazon Appstore) will be consistently blocked. This is Amazon's response to... Read the article: Amazon intensifies its fight against illegal streaming on Fire TV Stick You can support us with every purchase you make through Amazon. Your price remains the same, and w…

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slashdot.org broke the news in on Wednesday, November 12, 2025.
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