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- Aug 21, 2019
You can't turn of telemetry and other data collection on Fire Sticks afaik, but you can block Amazon's servers at a network level to prevent it.I've never used any of those, so I only have a vague idea about what they are. I get that they're HDMI dongles and they have their own Android-based OS with Amazon apps and services.
Can you modify them like you would a phone (jailbreak, root, unlock bootloader etc.) and improve them "illegally" by disabling data harvesting and adding useful software that would normally not be usable?
A lot of people liked them because you could sideload Android apps like Kodi and emulators. So you could hook one up to your TV, watch pirate streams and connect an xbox controller to play some old games, all on a device that's like $20.
Install GentooAny good ones for work and game that are somewhat user friendly?