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Re:Amazon requires services on Fire TV to give it 30% of ad ... by cdash on Monday July 31, 2023 @02:06PM (#36946502)
The hard part for people is not obtaining a copy of the media which DRM is "supposed" to prevent. The hard part is setting up the multiple services that makes all this convenient with slick interfaces that people are used to similar to Netflix. That would still require just as much effort with or without DRM.
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Re:Amazon requires services on Fire TV to give it 30% of ad ... by kodt on Monday July 31, 2023 @02:42PM (#36947039)
I know there are people who sell Fire sticks on Facebook marketplace with Kodi pre-configured to use shady streaming sites on it. Or they would charge to "jailbreak" your Fire Stick and set it up for you. Many non-tech people would go this route. Not sure if these still work, but they were popular for a while.
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