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Written by eric J. Worton
There are many ways to install applications so that a person can watch pirated, current run, movies and television shows. One of the easiest and most inexpensive ways to do this is using an Amazon fire stick with a program called Kodi and then installing shady, unsafe add-ons from third party developers. If you stop at side-loading Kodi, you have the beginnings of a very nice media center full of 1000s of free legal streaming options that can complement your local cable company’s service. Let’s take a look at what this means. Since Kodi is not in the official Amazon App Store, you would need to go to the FireTV’s settings and turn on several options including the ability to “Install From Unknown Sources.” This is what’s called side loading. This is NOT jailbreaking, which is a term that means changing boot-loaders and firmware on Apple devices. If someone tries to sell you a jail broken Amazon Fire TV Stick, walk away or - better yet - run. You are about to be scammed and quite possibly commit a crime depending on current local laws as well as Federal laws waiting to be passed. If you don’t believe me try Googling; Dragon Media Inc., Tick Box TV or the brilliant Floridia couple running NBEETV. I have no issue with what a person wants to do in their own home with their own devices. I do however take exception when low moral, unscrupulous people decide to set
these devices up and sell them as a retail business. Please avoid these hucksters as well as “Jimmy up the street.” It's a fairly easy process to install a legitimate working copy of Kodi and avoid flaky third-party add-ons. So easy, in fact, all you need to do is follow simple Illustrated instructions by Googling Kodi, sideload and Amazon Fire stick. It's even easier to install on a PC, but for this article we’re talking about the Amazon Fire stick. Kodi is a great media front end and easy to install. There are literally thousands of plugins that work very well and really expand the offerings of the fire stick. Free legal access to shows from HGTV, YouTube, the Khan Academy and many more. Your current cable company already has you covered on all the standards and I highly advise incorporating your cable service with Kodi as the perfect setup for traveling or vacation. The other add-ons we’re talking about are glitchy at best and likely to open your network up to some fairly nefarious people. So unless you or your nephew or son or daughter or wife want to constantly maintain a flawed device with potentially unlimited back doors and possible legal implications, stay far away from these products. Have a question about computers or technology? Send Eric an email at eric@techboxz.com.
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