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waspish said:
Well Amazon have just released a right piece of shite in there new firestick which is worse than the previous ones and has the new software interface that they say won’t let you install any 3rd party apps! Only apps in there store will work!

Well if they rest of there firesticks fire cubes end up the same people will just move on from them! I you the onn 4K android box which is fantastic and I’ve blocked all updates on my firestick 4K max and fire cube for life so fuck them!
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I'm not convinced of Amazon's ability to to stop people side loading apps onto their Firesticks, but if they do manage to stop it via a software update or new devices with different restrictions, then sales of the Firesticks will dry up. I'd imagine at least 80% of people buy the Firesticks for one reason.
 
bluemc said:
I'm not convinced of Amazon's ability to to stop people side loading apps onto their Firesticks, but if they do manage to stop it via a software update or new devices with different restrictions, then sales of the Firesticks will dry up. I'd imagine at least 80% of people buy the Firesticks for one reason.
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The Roku do and why no one ever mentions them as “Dodgy Roku stick” think the IPTV apps may be ok but they can easily ban them all from the App Store! If they keep the download app in the store they can still stop the initial install app part! We wait and see if Amazon have just gone backwards with these firesticks as in people will stop buying them! I wont be buying anymore, the last one was the latest generation fire cube
 
I'm after a new subscription for firestick running smarters app. If anyone has a UK based reliable sub please DM me ......cheers
 
KearsleyBlue said:
Just fucked sky tv and broadband off. Got iptv, vpn, and will pay for netflix for the kids.
This way can fuck off the tv license too.
Any suggestions for a decent broadband?
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A fairly long story encapsulated into a mini story as I can't abide longwindedness. Our VPN deal with Nord came to an end a week ago, it was a two year contract for around £50 that performed admirably throughout it's tenure, operating magnificently with very little degradation of speed.

So I have been temporarily using Proton free VPN with restricted service I.E a limit of six destinations that are auto selected and all only available on one device. No mither as it's free to air and only a temporary fix. If any one is looking for a free VPN then Proton will fit the bill as it has no logs and registered in Switzerland.

Anyway onwards and upwards and I needed more out of our VPN and had priced up the market during B.F week. Could have got PIA'S basic service for £44 for 28 months and non too scruffy an outfit as we have used them before. We wasn't happy with Nord's renewal prices so I sent in a help me ticket and they came good at the final hour.

In addition I was looking for a Cloud Locker and although the Amazonians offer one free in their Prime it's not at all secure. So we just bought Nord VPN complete that includes VPN, a full array of malware suites protections and a cloud locker with a full terabyte of secure scrambled data for £100 for 2 years. I thought it was a great deal and better than what they're offering at the moment for B.F customers. Maybe that will change on Black Friday and Cyber Monday?

Problem is I have just started uploading to our Nord locker and it's taken me a full 9 hours to move a 27gig file and it still has another 1 hour to go. Reason being that we are with BT and live in an area not yet supported by full fibre so can only get 70mb/s download and a scabby 17mb/s upload which is pretty Meh for gaming and shifting data.

Openreach said there was no possibility of full fibre for at least another 12 months in our area, but then when all was lost I accidently stumbled across BRSK and folk seem to like them. They don't use Openreach cables and have their own set up so I went on U-Switch as they are offering a £45 deal to move so we signed up.

It's a 14 day bale out if it's not what they promise, so no worries and the price will not increase over the 18 month contract. They are to give us 150mb/s downloads and as it's Symmetrical we can have a 150 mb/s upload too which to be honest it pretty good going compared to BT'S non symmetrical offering of 17mb/s.

Our Firestick and gaming should positively fly after installation which they can perform for us in 2 days time. Also the remaining 185gig of data I need to upload to the Nord Cloud will only take around a day compared to about 7 to 10 days with BT. Not dissing BT as they are hamstrung by Openreach's inability to migrate us onto full fibre.

The cost will be less than BT and fixed at £24 c/m for 18 months. Made me somewhat grin when I thought back to the internet speeds of old I got in the 90's with Zen internet dial up @£29.99 a month. Internet was in its infancy back then and if anyone was seen on a computer they instantly tagged as a geek.

I remember my first internet search for Top Gear. Always liked those motoring programs but the content that it spat out was not for the faint hearted. No A.I back then to moderate content. So to conclude if your like me and struggling to receive full fibre or vexed by costings then maybe have a look at BRSK.
 
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Two Gun Bob said:
A fairly long story encapsulated into a mini story as I can't abide longwindedness. Our VPN deal with Nord came to an end a week ago, it was a two year contract for around £50 that performed admirably throughout it's tenure, operating magnificently with very little degradation of speed.

So I have been temporarily using Proton free VPN with restricted service I.E a limit of six destinations that are auto selected and all only available on one device. No mither as it's free to air and only a temporary fix. If any one is looking for a free VPN then Proton will fit the bill as it has no logs and registered in Switzerland.

Anyway onwards and upwards and I needed more out of our VPN and had priced up the market during B.F week. Could have got PIA'S basic service for £44 for 28 months and non too scruffy an outfit as we have used them before. We wasn't happy with Nord's renewal prices so I sent in a help me ticket and they came good at the final hour.

In addition I was looking for a Cloud Locker and although the Amazonians offer one free in their Prime it's not at all secure. So we just bought Nord VPN complete that includes VPN, a full array of malware suites protections and a cloud locker with a full terabyte of secure scrambled data for £100 for 2 years. I thought it was a great deal and better than what they're offering at the moment for B.F customers. Maybe that will change on Black Friday and Cyber Monday?

Problem is I have just started uploading to our Nord locker and it's taken me a full 9 hours to move a 27gig file and it still has another 1 hour to go. Reason being that we are with BT and live in an area not yet supported by full fibre so can only get 70mb/s download and a scabby 17mb/s upload which is pretty Meh for gaming and shifting data.

Openreach said there was no possibility of full fibre for at least another 12 months in our area, but then when all was lost I accidently stumbled across BRSK and folk seem to like them. They don't use Openreach cables and have their own set up so I went on U-Switch as they are offering a £45 deal to move so we signed up.

It's a 14 day bale out if it's not what they promise, so no worries and the price will not increase over the 18 month contract. They are to give us 150mb/s downloads and as it's Symmetrical we can have a 150 mb/s upload too which to be honest it pretty good going compared to BT'S non symmetrical offering of 17mb/s.

Our Firestick and gaming should positively fly after installation which they can perform for us in 2 days time. Also the remaining 185gig of data I need to upload to the Nord Cloud will only take around a day compared to about 7 to 10 days with BT. Not dissing BT as they are hamstrung by Openreach's inability to migrate us onto full fibre.

The cost will be less than BT and fixed at £24 c/m for 18 months. Made me somewhat grin when I thought back to the internet speeds of old I got in the 90's with Zen internet dial up @£29.99 a month. Internet was in its infancy back then and if anyone was seen on a computer they instantly tagged as a geek.

I remember my first internet search for Top Gear. Always liked those motoring programs but the content that it spat out was not for the faint hearted. No A.I back then to moderate content. So to conclude if your like me and struggling to receive full fibre or vexed by costings then maybe have a look at BRSK.
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Can we have the full version now please ;-)
 
Only two days from order to installation and working first time out of the box. A great installation job considering the distance from pole to Parlour. Wish I'd known earlier that BRSK could install full fibre. An absolute game changer for folk suffering in non Openreach areas.

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Also our installation came complete with their latest free Sagemcom 5598 Brsk. Its got dual-band Wi-Fi with support for both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz frequencies, includes four LAN ports and supports Wi-Fi 7. The only drawback is it being made in China just like my giant Amazon Haul import order of socks, knickers and slippers arriving late next week.

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bluemc said:
I'm not convinced of Amazon's ability to to stop people side loading apps onto their Firesticks, but if they do manage to stop it via a software update or new devices with different restrictions, then sales of the Firesticks will dry up. I'd imagine at least 80% of people buy the Firesticks for one reason.
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It's a bit misleading all the articles. The new Firestick select they have brought out has a different OS and does not allow sideloaded apps.

They are still selling the 4K Max etc and you can sideload apps on it just fine.

If you are buying a firestick during the Black Friday sales for IPTV just make sure you don't buy the select and it will work fine.

Amazon won't stop selling these until they are forced to by a court, they make a bomb off them, they don't give a fuck about Cable/Satellite TV companies, they are in direct competition with them.
 
bluemc said:
I'm not convinced of Amazon's ability to to stop people side loading apps onto their Firesticks, but if they do manage to stop it via a software update or new devices with different restrictions, then sales of the Firesticks will dry up. I'd imagine at least 80% of people buy the Firesticks for one reason.
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Android box.
 
Kippax Street 1880 said:
It's a bit misleading all the articles. The new Firestick select they have brought out has a different OS and does not allow sideloaded apps.

They are still selling the 4K Max etc and you can sideload apps on it just fine.

If you are buying a firestick during the Black Friday sales for IPTV just make sure you don't buy the select and it will work fine.

Amazon won't stop selling these until they are forced to by a court, they make a bomb off them, they don't give a fuck about Cable/Satellite TV companies, they are in direct competition with them.
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I enjoy taking things from Amazon, Bezos can fuck off :)
 
Kippax Street 1880 said:
It's a bit misleading all the articles. The new Firestick select they have brought out has a different OS and does not allow sideloaded apps.

They are still selling the 4K Max etc and you can sideload apps on it just fine.

If you are buying a firestick during the Black Friday sales for IPTV just make sure you don't buy the select and it will work fine.

Amazon won't stop selling these until they are forced to by a court, they make a bomb off them, they don't give a fuck about Cable/Satellite TV companies, they are in direct competition with them.
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I can confirm this as literally bought a 4k firestick yesterday for my son for his birthday and just set it up for him. Suddenly had a panic thinking i couldn't install developer apps but other than usual config to allow developer apps it worked absolutely fine installing what i needed to.
 
Anyone else having problems when switching channels on live TV? It used to switch immediately now it takes forever that I end up unplugging the router and fire stick.maybe for 2 weeks this has been happening.
 
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