Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoAmazon is now automatically playing fullscreen video ads on Fire TV9to5google.comexternal-linkmessage-square253fedilinkarrow-up1815arrow-down112
arrow-up1803arrow-down1external-linkAmazon is now automatically playing fullscreen video ads on Fire TV9to5google.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square253fedilink
minus-squareskozzii@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up128arrow-down1·11 months ago“Wow, I can’t believe these fire sticks are so cheap”
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·11 months agoBought an early one. Used it for less than a year. I still have it. Can they be flashed with Lineage or something?
minus-squareRaiderkev@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoThat one guy hacked a company with a fire stick lol
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-211 months agoWhat? That’s crazy, I’ve never heard this story. Got anything I should search on?
minus-squareVqhm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agohttps://hackaday.com/2023/08/26/gta-6-hacker-found-to-be-teen-with-amazon-fire-stick-in-small-town-hotel-room/
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoMeh, could be fun to play with. Keep it on a DMZ lab segment.
minus-squarepurplemonkeymad@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoI’m surprised it wasn’t showing ads before. The fire tablets are discounted if they show ads on the lock screen.
“Wow, I can’t believe these fire sticks are so cheap”
Bought an early one. Used it for less than a year.
I still have it. Can they be flashed with Lineage or something?
It looks like it
That one guy hacked a company with a fire stick lol
What? That’s crazy, I’ve never heard this story. Got anything I should search on?
https://hackaday.com/2023/08/26/gta-6-hacker-found-to-be-teen-with-amazon-fire-stick-in-small-town-hotel-room/
Only old firmwares
Meh, could be fun to play with. Keep it on a DMZ lab segment.
I’m surprised it wasn’t showing ads before. The fire tablets are discounted if they show ads on the lock screen.