Amazon Firestick new OS Vega no more sideloading apps IPTV

[Aristotle]

Have Amazon publicly announced that the new vega os will not have any affect on current Fire devices currently in use?
The only reason they wouldn’t change the OS is, if they have tested the new OS, on the current lineup of fire devices in use, and the OS is not compatible with the hardware.
If they don’t change the OS, then they will only support the current devices for a period of time, and then they will become obsolete, and the updates will cease.

 

[dsayers2014]

Why? It's just a download. They will just not support the older firesticks I suppose.

It won't be simple to install a new software. Imagine if you could just install Linux on windows without any errors. It won't work. We'll see but I can' see current devices not supported or forced to install the software with a warning

 

[mike123]

High chance of bricking I'd imagine.

Not really. No doubt there will be some but I'm sure it's been tested.

I should imagine with latest updates they have put in some sort of installer

 

[mike123]

It won't be simple to install a new software. Imagine if you could just install Linux on windows without any errors. It won't work. We'll see but I can' see current devices not supported or forced to install the software with a warning

You can just install Linux on Windows

 

[jimgb17]

There will be a way to sideload apps, it may not be as easy as previous with downloader but there will be a way.
If you look at apple, they are now forced to allow sideloading of apps after a recent court case. So the same law would apply for amazon too

The law only applies to phones not tv boxes the new os is not android based so sideloading will not be posible