Iver been a Lover of the firesticks for the last 10years.jumped on these after the demise of cable, also have a dish. But these were the easiest to set up and very few complaints. With the amount of money being made by the sale of firesticks by amazon. I would be very surprised if the back door Wasent left half open for 3rd party apps. Suppose it's just like upgrading from an iPhone 10 to a 14. We shall see. At least all our old sticks will work. For now anyway😊