Amazon Launches Vega Os, Its Android Replacement for Fire TV with No Sideloading
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Amazon has launched Vega OS, a replacement for Android on Fire TV devices, but with a significant restriction: no sideloading is allowed, raising concerns among users about the loss of flexibility and control.
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> Fire TV 4K Select offers a mere 1GB of RAM, which is half as much as prior generations.
Spending millions to save pennies. Their 2014 failed phone had 2GB of RAM.