Beneath Amazon's Fire TV Stick's polished surface, it is still running on an Amazon-developed Android skin. This means the homescreen is riddled with ads, the App Store is restrictive and offers limited app choice, and, more often than not, a buggy UI that prioritizes Amazon's own ecosystem.
I was tired of such limitations, as I owned the hardware but still felt like I was in Amazon's walled garden. In short, my Fire TV Stick wasn't working as I wanted, so I installed these apps that unlocked its full potential.
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