popularlfespock posted Jan 01, 2026 07:35 PM
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popularlfespock posted Jan 01, 2026 07:35 PM
Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max streaming device, with AI-powered Fire TV Search, supports Wi-Fi 6E, free & live TV without cable or satellite $30
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According to the product listing, this model is FTV Stick 4K Max 2nd gen
One of the reviews has a snapshot of the Updates tab with model info, and it shows "Fire TV OS version 8.1.4.9". That's still Android-based and allows installation from unknown sources (aka: side-loading)
[Fire OS 8.1.4.9 (Android-based): Sideloading is possible through the standard method of enabling "Developer Options" and then "Apps from Unknown Sources" in the settings.]
[Vega OS (Linux-based): The newer Fire TV Stick 4K Select uses Vega OS and has removed the "Apps from Unknown Sources" option. It cannot run standard Android APK files (.apk extensions). It uses Vega OS specific apps (.vpkg extensions)]
Get some thing else if you want to actually own the device and your data. I trust the china boxes more than the these guys. You say you don't care about side loading? fine, but do you value your privacy? Get a Apple box then because they seem to protect that. Skrewgle and amershawn are getting your info one way or the other..
BTW, I have owned every scamerzon box ever made except the 3rd gen cube. It took them years before we had a device that had more than 8gb storage (4 useable). It took years of complaining, and a lot of folks jumped on the max and cube models to get anything more than the 8gb. Now it is a curse if you are being monitored and reported. Just say No.. BTW this includes the screwgle tv os as well.
Some models of early ONN boxes are rootable and have custom firmware that you as a owner control so you dont have to go the china box route or you can get a Raspberry pi and put linage on it, but that requires a learning curve that seems ridicules, but that is where we are at today..
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