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Amazon Fire Stick Warning
Posted on 2/12/22 at 10:31 am
Posted on 2/12/22 at 10:31 am
My parents had some fraudulent activity on their Amazon account (2 monthly charges to Hulu Live), so they reported it to Amazon, which triggered a lock on their account. They called the fraud department and they said response time is usually 1-2 weeks. Not a huge deal, except that without their Amazon Account, the Fire Stick is totally useless. I never thought about how dependent you are on Amazon when using the fire sticks until now.
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Posted on 2/12/22 at 10:32 am to LSUGUMBO
Just buy them a smart TV.
Posted on 2/12/22 at 10:32 am to LSUGUMBO
Always keep a Roku as back up.
Posted on 2/12/22 at 10:35 am to LSUGUMBO
I don’t know why we have parental locks set up - (we have all apps on a passcode) this includes the buying function- yet my 2yo bought a movie a few days ago
Who knew that a 2yo was into girl on girl movies …
Who knew that a 2yo was into girl on girl movies …
Posted on 2/12/22 at 10:37 am to LSUGUMBO
I have two fire sticks and I hate them. The UI is so fricking slow and laggy, and the remote never seems to work. I also have a fire TV which is only slightly better.
I much prefer the UI of my Samsung Smart TV
I much prefer the UI of my Samsung Smart TV
Posted on 2/12/22 at 10:43 am to LSUGUMBO
Use a roku and DL the prime video app. Granted my fire sticks are old, but I always found the Rokus worked smoother and better.
Posted on 2/12/22 at 10:47 am to LSUGUMBO
Roku>>Fire stick
Posted on 2/12/22 at 11:01 am to LSUGUMBO
Roku >>> fore stick
Posted on 2/12/22 at 11:03 am to LSUGUMBO
Create a separate Amazon account in the meantime without prime?
Or are you talking about not being watch prime stuff?
Or are you talking about not being watch prime stuff?
Posted on 2/12/22 at 11:11 am to LSUGUMBO
Apple TV is the way to go!
Posted on 2/12/22 at 11:16 am to LSUGUMBO
Similar happened to me a few months ago. Was due to my buddy disputing charge on his card for which he had given me to by some IT stuff for work i was helping him with. Amazon shutdown my account which is main acct for all amazon shite in my house. I cant tell you how much of a PITA it was for my daily life. Couldnt order anything from amazon, echo couldnt be used as my morning alarm, no tv from firesticks. I was pissed and it took a 7-10 days in all to be resolves. Buddy called his credit cars company and said it wasnt fraud, i provided all the order details and still had to wait. Then to top it all of, amazon charged my account for the order instead of his card. I tried to be polite to service repa but did tell them it was retarded to disable an account instead of preventing additional purchases.
Posted on 2/12/22 at 11:20 am to Box Geauxrilla
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I have two fire sticks and I hate them. The UI is so fricking slow and laggy, and the remote never seems to work. I also have a fire TV which is only slightly better.
I switched to chromecast with google tv and it is light years better.
Posted on 2/12/22 at 11:21 am to LSUGUMBO
Nvidia shield >>>>>>>>>>>Roku>>>>>firestick
Posted on 2/12/22 at 12:57 pm to LSUGUMBO
Ehh. I got about 6 of them with no issues.
I have more problems with individual apps than anything. Espn + is atrocious
I have more problems with individual apps than anything. Espn + is atrocious
Posted on 2/12/22 at 12:58 pm to 850SaintsGator
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Who knew that a 2yo was into girl on girl movies …
My wife found a few tiddy bar receipts one time. You REALLY have to watch kids these days.
Posted on 2/12/22 at 1:19 pm to LSUGUMBO
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I never thought about how dependent you are on Amazon when using the fire sticks until now.
you can buy a hacked firestick anywhere so you dont need an account, get them that, and then call it a day, frick amazon
Posted on 2/12/22 at 1:20 pm to Crow Pie
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Always keep a Roku as back up.
Keep the Firestick as a backup. I have both and prefer the Roku over the FS by a large margin. The FS is slow, not as easy to navigate and comes preloaded with a bunch of crap using a lot of memory and you can't get rid of it. I put the FS in the bedroom and it is not used very much.
Posted on 2/12/22 at 1:52 pm to keakar
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hacked firestick
All you have to do is accept apps from unknown sources, download downloader, and install Cinema HD
Posted on 2/12/22 at 2:10 pm to CE Tiger
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All you have to do is accept apps from unknown sources, download downloader, and install Cinema HD
So why is a Roku >>>Firestick again?
Posted on 2/12/22 at 2:21 pm to LSUGUMBO
Apple Tv reigns supreme but there's nothing really wrong with the firestick assuming you have solid consistent internet speeds above 200Mbps. Sure it's interface is laggy in comparison but you get what you pay for. The 4k version cost me $30 during a Christmas sale. Hard to beat. And no you don't need an Amazon account to use one. It will stream Netflix, Hulu, AppleTV, HBOMAX, etc just fine.
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