Amazon blames the malware threat for its decision to stop releasing new Fire Sticks that support downloading apps from outside of Amazon’s Appstore.
Amazon has launched two Fire Stick models that use its proprietary Linux-based operating system, Vega OS. Previous Fire Sticks ran Fire OS, which is a fork of Android based on the Android Open Source Project. One of the biggest differences between Vega OS and Fire OS is that the former does not support downloading.
It wasn’t surprising when Amazon launched its first Vega OS-based Fire Stick. Although many experts downloaded apps, especially from the Google Play Store, to add functionality, downloading had also become largely associated with streaming piracy, especially of sporting events.
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