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That's some gall for a niche product. Most tvs now ship with their own OS, so Fire Stick has no leverage.
Mmm not really so, at least in my case. The tvOS is usually only supported for a few years and once the updates stop, apps stop their support as well. We have a tv in our living room that stopped being supported after six years; it can’t download Disney+ or certain other apps natively because of it. A Fire stick is much cheaper than having to buy a new tv every so many years.
But most people just buy a Chromecast in that situation.
eh no, most people buy whatever is sold to them. on amazon (which is quite popular) they sell you a fire tv stick
google does an absolutely terrible job of selling androidtv/chromecasts so people don't really even know what it is.
Funny, I was going to reply that I barely even knew what Chromecast is, so you’re absolutely correct.
I'm sure google will never pull the same stunt as Amazon. They're the good guys!