Amazon Fire Tablets and other gear will reportedly switch away from Android::TVs, Echo Show, and other gear could sport Amazon’s in-house replacement soon.

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    2 years ago

    This seems like a bad plan. While Fire OS has always been an outdated mess of AOSP, it still supports large pool of apps with sideloading. This is also probably expensive to build and they continue losing large amounts with their Alexa stuff. I wish for a third option besides just Android and IOS ,but I’m not holding my breath for this being it.

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      2 years ago

      Microsoft gave up far too easily. We should have a Windows phone.

      But the better alternate to iOS did not win. Google had the funds to push Android forward, where WebOS did not.

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    2 years ago

    Honest question for everyone. And sorry if I sound biased. But does anyone’s fire tablet not run like shit? All the ones we have are slow to load, buggy, and seem full of bloat.

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      2 years ago

      No, no, that’s about the Fire experience in a nutshell.

      Android’s worst offense was accidentally increasing bloatware.

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    2 years ago

    Kind of off topic, but can anyone suggest an alternative to Google TV? I have an old version that is fine, but this i recently purchased one with the new UI and it is horrible. I haven’t tried replacing the home app yet, but will try soon.