# Amazon backing off it's hardline stance?

**URL:** <https://troypointinsider.com/t/amazon-backing-off-its-hardline-stance/221761>\
**Category:** Streaming Devices / Hardware\
**Created:** [November 7, 2026, 10:43pm UTC](https://troypointinsider.com/t/amazon-backing-off-its-hardline-stance/221761 "2026-11-07T22:43:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![sktn77a](https://troypointinsider.com/user_avatar/troypointinsider.com/sktn77a/32/8893_2.png) [@sktn77a](https://troypointinsider.com/u/sktn77a)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2026, 10:43pm UTC](https://troypointinsider.com/t/amazon-backing-off-its-hardline-stance/221761/1 "2026-11-07T22:43:32Z")

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Don’t know if anyone has noticed but many of the apps that Amazon was previously blocking now have updated versions that are running just fine on FireTV devices. Cinema HQ, Flixvision, Streamflix, FilmPlus, CinePlus (nee BeeTV).

I wonder if Amazon is just not updating their blockers algorithms any longer or they are just slow catching up?

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**Author:** ![JerryJ](https://troypointinsider.com/user_avatar/troypointinsider.com/jerryj/32/16901_2.png) [@JerryJ](https://troypointinsider.com/u/JerryJ)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2026, 1:32am UTC](https://troypointinsider.com/t/amazon-backing-off-its-hardline-stance/221761/2 "2026-11-08T01:32:46Z")

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Hmmm! Is this on the old fire OS units or all of the Fire devices?

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**Author:** ![sktn77a](https://troypointinsider.com/user_avatar/troypointinsider.com/sktn77a/32/8893_2.png) [@sktn77a](https://troypointinsider.com/u/sktn77a)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2026, 1:36am UTC](https://troypointinsider.com/t/amazon-backing-off-its-hardline-stance/221761/3 "2026-11-08T01:36:09Z")

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Well, I have Firestick 4k (1st gen) and 4k Max (2nd gen) and those apps have all been working for several weeks. All Android, so I suspect this would apply to all of the pre-Vega devices.

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**Author:** ![DaleB1](https://troypointinsider.com/user_avatar/troypointinsider.com/daleb1/32/26450_2.png) [@DaleB1](https://troypointinsider.com/u/DaleB1)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2026, 1:46am UTC](https://troypointinsider.com/t/amazon-backing-off-its-hardline-stance/221761/4 "2026-11-08T01:46:32Z")

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@sktn77a what OS version are you running on your Firesticks? I have 4 - 4K Max sticks with the Fire-OS I had run the fix on them before Amazon pushed out the Vega OS which I thought was pushed out to the sticks running the Fire OS? So mine have been running Fire OS 8.1 since the fix was applied? So they haven’t been updated to the new Vega OS for they were blocking a lot of apps at the time.

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**Author:** ![Miki](https://troypointinsider.com/user_avatar/troypointinsider.com/miki/32/27657_2.png) [@Miki](https://troypointinsider.com/u/Miki)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2026, 12:44pm UTC](https://troypointinsider.com/t/amazon-backing-off-its-hardline-stance/221761/5 "2026-11-08T12:44:23Z")

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VegaOS will not be applied to the older FireOS devices and reflashing them. VegaOS will only be on new devices.

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**Author:** ![sktn77a](https://troypointinsider.com/user_avatar/troypointinsider.com/sktn77a/32/8893_2.png) [@sktn77a](https://troypointinsider.com/u/sktn77a)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2026, 12:09am UTC](https://troypointinsider.com/t/amazon-backing-off-its-hardline-stance/221761/6 "2026-11-09T00:09:23Z")

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The 4k (1st gen) is OS6 and the 4k Max (2nd gen) is OS8.