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Never Scored said:
Is there a good place to get .apks of Android games that doesn't send my info to Russia or is it generally not worth the risk? I don't have a lot of experience with Android piracy.
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short answer, no.
long answer, you need to look for forums that will allow you to register for these bypasses, which aren't hosted in russia or chyna, good luck.
not even old games apk's anymore, if you don't have one before the apk-hosting site infestation of late you are shit out of luck.
it's why i haven't deleted my apk of dungeon hunter 2, if i try to download it again it's probably infected.
 
Embrace autism, learn to patch your own apks, either through writing your own ReVanced patches or just cracking them open and tinkering with smali or Dalvik or whatever the hellscape it is.
 
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H3H3 Podcast Higlights said:
Are torrents safe to use?

I tried using direct links for HOI4 from fitgirl repack. Windows say it’s a threat and I don’t know if I can entirely trust that.
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Windows itself is a threat for your privacy and hardware, you should never trust any software coming from pajeetsoft.

As for FGP, I don't know enough. Tried to install its Factorio repack through it on Wine, and the installation process freezes on a single file, but other games didn't gave me much issues. So far they're clean, no spooky business when checking network ports.
 
H3H3 Podcast Higlights said:
Yeah but how can I know if Firgirl is trustworthy?

Free comes with a price after all
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I can't speak for Windows users, since I use some flavor of Linux (easy one, not an autistic one). Ancient laptop doesn't play nice with W10, and W11 is a pipedream due to the original drivers being locked for Win8.1 – an abomination.
Mr. Racewar1488 said:
I was going to help you but I think you might be too retarded for torrents. Stick to being a good little buyfag.
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If someone is retarded enough to not know how to use magnet links, then I doubt they are smart enough to use a bank card.
 
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If anyone cares about Amazon Fire TV sticks anymore, there's some news:

AFTVnews: New Fire TV exploit once again allows Custom Launchers, Disabling Updates, Disabling Amazon’s App Blacklist, and more (archive)
This new method of gaining system privileges and what can be done with it on Fire TV devices has been outlined in clear detail on this XDA forums thread. It’s possible on Fire TVs and Fire tablets running Fire OS 7 or 8. The creator of Launcher Manager, which is the app that previously allowed Fire TV users to set their own home screen app before Amazon blacklisted it, has created a new “System User Edition” of Launcher Manager to work specifically with this new method. This new version of Launcher Manager is already on its fifth iteration of improvements in as many days.
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AFTVnews: Amazon inadvertently confirms Vega OS is coming to Fire TV in 2025 (archive)
Amazon is holding a “devices and services” event next week on September 30th, where it’s expected to reveal new hardware. It seems all but certain that the reveal of a new Fire TV model running Vega OS will be among the announcements. What we don’t know is if new Android-based Fire TV devices will also be announced, since Amazon is also working on a new Android 14-based operating system for Fire TV devices that has not been released yet.

It’s extremely unlikely that either the new Vega OS or Android 14-based OS will come to existing Fire TV devices.
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Ars Technica: Amazon Fire TV devices expected to ditch Android for Linux in 2025 (archive)
Notably, Amazon isn’t expected to update current Fire TV devices with Vega, Lowpass reported today.
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There is a heavy presumption on AFTVnews that this move to "Vega" Linux will kill the ability to sideload things on the new devices. But it's a big change, and for all we know, they'll screw something up and leave gaping holes. As for the new hardware, they have generally picked MediaTek SoCs for the sticks, and Amlogic for "Cube". For the sticks, they might finally move past the Cortex-A55 to ARMv9 Cortex-A510/A520 territory.
 
The Mass Shooter Ron Soye said:
There is a heavy presumption on AFTVnews that this move to "Vega" Linux will kill the ability to sideload things on the new devices.
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Why would they suddenly get a bee in their bonnet about sideloading after all these years? Part of Fire TV's popularity has been the ease of installing custom apps without fucking up the OS. They still get their shot to display their dumb ads on the home screen, and their apps are still right there and usable, but people who want custom stuff can still do it with ease.

Do they just want to push people back towards their competition?
 
moocow said:
Why would they suddenly get a bee in their bonnet about sideloading after all these years? Part of Fire TV's popularity has been the ease of installing custom apps without fucking up the OS. They still get their shot to display their dumb ads on the home screen, and their apps are still right there and usable, but people who want custom stuff can still do it with ease.

Do they just want to push people back towards their competition?
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Check the comment section for theories. One idea is that the sticks are loss leaders, they were able to boost sales numbers by selling to everyone, but now the pirates/modders do nothing for them.

I'm not 100% sure Vega will be the death knell for sideloading, but Amazon has definitely moved towards closing things up, see the previous news.
 
The Mass Shooter Ron Soye said:
Check the comment section for theories. One idea is that the sticks are loss leaders, they were able to boost sales numbers by selling to everyone, but now the pirates/modders do nothing for them.

I'm not 100% sure Vega will be the death knell for sideloading, but Amazon has definitely moved towards closing things up, see the previous news.
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Ah well. If they want to clamp down, let 'em. It won't make them more profitable, and people like me will just move on to other cheap devices instead. It's not like my freshly-emancipated-from-satellite-TV parents give a shit what remote they use to flick around in Jellyfin anyway.
 
The Mass Shooter Ron Soye said:
If anyone cares about Amazon Fire TV sticks anymore, there's some news:
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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?
 
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