Amazon copies Apple TV: Will the Fire TV Stick soon be spying on Netflix and Disney+?

• Amazon wants to redesign the Fire TV user interface based on the Apple TV and Google TV.
• This should enable direct access to streaming content from popular third-party providers such as Netflix.
• Those who do not want streaming information to be passed on to Amazon should not be forced to use the new function.

Amazon wants to reinvent Fire TV: Instead of the current user interface, which mainly focuses on Amazon Prime Video and the offering there, a hub for content from Disney+, Netflix and other third-party providers is to be created in the future, as in the Apple TV app and Google TV .

This would greatly increase the usability of Fire TV. In recent months, Amazon has been fighting more and more openly against users who avoid Amazon’s in-house system due to its one-sidedness and prefer to access their content centrally via third-party providers such as Plex.

Fire TV: New functionality in the style of Apple TV probably optional

A redesign of the Fire TV interface to the streaming hub for all popular providers could be a more sensible measure than restricting the usability of practical apps that offer such functions. According to the specialist blog “AFTVNews”, the new structure for Fire TV based on the model of Apple TV and Google TV is already in the works.

Apparently, you don’t have to worry that a mandatory connection between the user interface and your streaming apps will send too much information about your viewing habits to Amazon: using the new functions will probably have to be explicitly approved. This suggests that you can continue to use Fire TV without the potential data leak.

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