US EditionDodgy Firestick Owners ‘Really Could’ Face Jail - but Users Slam the ‘Real Criminals’
- Researchers Gareth Sutcliffe and Ollie Meir revealed in 2025 that Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft enable large-scale theft of video services.
- The majority of this piracy is linked to unauthorized Amazon Fire TV Sticks distributed through Meta's services like Facebook and WhatsApp, with a particular focus on sports content.
- Data from early 2025 shows 59% of UK users admitting to pirated content via physical devices used an Amazon Fire product, with Amazon promising a Vega OS switch requiring app rebuilds and blocking sideloading.
- An Amazon representative emphasized that unauthorized content breaches their rules on intellectual property and poses risks to customer security and privacy, while Enders Analysis has called on major technology firms to strengthen their efforts against piracy.
- Amazon has updated Fire devices to make piracy harder, but the report notes Digital Rights Management from Google and Microsoft is declining, suggesting ongoing industry challenges.
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Dodgy firestick owners ‘really could’ face jail - but users slam the ‘real criminals’
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