{"id":8466,"date":"2025-11-01T09:00:49","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T08:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.satandpcguy.com\/?p=42041"},"modified":"2025-11-01T09:00:49","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T08:00:49","slug":"amazon-cracks-down-on-fire-stick-and-dodgy-box-piracy-apps-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uktvinspain.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/01\/amazon-cracks-down-on-fire-stick-and-dodgy-box-piracy-apps-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Cracks Down on Fire Stick and \u201cdodgy box\u201d Piracy Apps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In recent months, Amazon has made a bold move in the fight against online piracy \u2014 especially in the world of streaming. The company has gone beyond simply rejecting illegal apps from its Appstore and is now actively blocking them <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&#8230;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.satandpcguy.com\/2025\/11\/01\/amazon-cracks-down-on-fire-stick-and-dodgy-box-piracy-apps\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &#8594;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.satandpcguy.com\/2025\/11\/01\/amazon-cracks-down-on-fire-stick-and-dodgy-box-piracy-apps\/\">Amazon Cracks Down on Fire Stick and \u201cdodgy box\u201d Piracy Apps<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.satandpcguy.com\/\">The Sat & TV Guy<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent months, Amazon has made a bold move in the fight against online piracy \u2014 especially in the world of streaming. The company has gone beyond simply rejecting illegal apps from its Appstore and is now actively blocking them &#8230; Continue read&#8230;<\/p>\n <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/uktvinspain.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/01\/amazon-cracks-down-on-fire-stick-and-dodgy-box-piracy-apps-2\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4693,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3089,3429,743,3431,3432,2098,3433,2101,3434,1085,1057,3436,1045,637,919,3437,2538,1019,3099,2220,2609],"class_list":["post-8466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-ace","tag-alliance-for-creativity-and-entertainment","tag-amazon","tag-amazon-crackdown","tag-amazon-fire-tv-update","tag-anti-piracy","tag-blocked-apps","tag-content-protection","tag-dodgy-fire-sticks","tag-fire-stick","tag-fire-tv","tag-fire-tv-apps","tag-firesticks","tag-illegal-streaming","tag-iptv","tag-iptv-apps","tag-online-piracy","tag-piracy","tag-streaming-crackdown","tag-streaming-devices","tag-streaming-security"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Amazon Cracks Down on Fire Stick and \u201cdodgy box\u201d Piracy Apps - UK TV in Spain<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uktvinspain.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/01\/amazon-cracks-down-on-fire-stick-and-dodgy-box-piracy-apps-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Amazon Cracks Down on Fire Stick and \u201cdodgy box\u201d Piracy Apps - UK TV in Spain\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In recent months, Amazon has made a bold move in the fight against online piracy \u2014 especially in the world of streaming. The company has gone beyond simply rejecting illegal apps from its Appstore and is now actively blocking them &#8230; Continue read...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uktvinspain.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/01\/amazon-cracks-down-on-fire-stick-and-dodgy-box-piracy-apps-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UK TV in Spain\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-01T08:00:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uktvinspain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/uk_tv200x2001.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"244\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"The Sat and PC Guy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"The Sat and PC Guy\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uktvinspain.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/01\\\/amazon-cracks-down-on-fire-stick-and-dodgy-box-piracy-apps-2\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uktvinspain.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/01\\\/amazon-cracks-down-on-fire-stick-and-dodgy-box-piracy-apps-2\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"The Sat and PC Guy\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uktvinspain.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/99d69e19b4e077bfd96e3b5d6c200533\"},\"headline\":\"Amazon Cracks Down on Fire Stick and \u201cdodgy box\u201d Piracy Apps\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-01T08:00:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uktvinspain.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/01\\\/amazon-cracks-down-on-fire-stick-and-dodgy-box-piracy-apps-2\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":72,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uktvinspain.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/01\\\/amazon-cracks-down-on-fire-stick-and-dodgy-box-piracy-apps-2\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uktvinspain.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/uk_tv200x2001.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"ace\",\"alliance for creativity and entertainment\",\"amazon\",\"amazon crackdown\",\"amazon fire tv update\",\"anti-piracy\",\"blocked apps\",\"content protection\",\"dodgy fire sticks\",\"fire stick\",\"fire tv\",\"fire tv apps\",\"Firesticks\",\"illegal streaming\",\"IPTV\",\"iptv apps\",\"online piracy\",\"piracy\",\"streaming crackdown\",\"streaming devices\",\"streaming security\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uktvinspain.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/01\\\/amazon-cracks-down-on-fire-stick-and-dodgy-box-piracy-apps-2\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uktvinspain.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/01\\\/amazon-cracks-down-on-fire-stick-and-dodgy-box-piracy-apps-2\\\/\",\"name\":\"Amazon Cracks Down on Fire Stick and \u201cdodgy box\u201d Piracy Apps - UK TV in Spain\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uktvinspain.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uktvinspain.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/01\\\/amazon-cracks-down-on-fire-stick-and-dodgy-box-piracy-apps-2\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uktvinspain.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/01\\\/amazon-cracks-down-on-fire-stick-and-dodgy-box-piracy-apps-2\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uktvinspain.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/uk_tv200x2001.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-01T08:00:49+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uktvinspain.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/99d69e19b4e077bfd96e3b5d6c200533\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uktvinspain.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/01\\\/amazon-cracks-down-on-fire-stick-and-dodgy-box-piracy-apps-2\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/uktvinspain.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/01\\\/amazon-cracks-down-on-fire-stick-and-dodgy-box-piracy-apps-2\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uktvinspain.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/01\\\/amazon-cracks-down-on-fire-stick-and-dodgy-box-piracy-apps-2\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uktvinspain.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/uk_tv200x2001.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uktvinspain.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/uk_tv200x2001.jpg\",\"width\":244,\"height\":200},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uktvinspain.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/01\\\/amazon-cracks-down-on-fire-stick-and-dodgy-box-piracy-apps-2\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uktvinspain.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Amazon Cracks Down on Fire Stick and \u201cdodgy box\u201d Piracy Apps\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uktvinspain.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uktvinspain.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"UK TV in Spain\",\"description\":\"How to watch UK TV in Spain - View UK TV Abroad - Receive UK TV in Spain\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uktvinspain.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uktvinspain.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/99d69e19b4e077bfd96e3b5d6c200533\",\"name\":\"The Sat and PC Guy\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uktvinspain.com\\\/wp-content\\\/litespeed\\\/avatar\\\/6e0d816f671a347f87837c89b3bbb8a0.jpg?ver=1776349458\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uktvinspain.com\\\/wp-content\\\/litespeed\\\/avatar\\\/6e0d816f671a347f87837c89b3bbb8a0.jpg?ver=1776349458\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uktvinspain.com\\\/wp-content\\\/litespeed\\\/avatar\\\/6e0d816f671a347f87837c89b3bbb8a0.jpg?ver=1776349458\",\"caption\":\"The Sat and PC Guy\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.satandpcguy.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uktvinspain.com\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/the-sat-and-pc-guy\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Amazon Cracks Down on Fire Stick and \u201cdodgy box\u201d Piracy Apps - UK TV in Spain","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/uktvinspain.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/01\/amazon-cracks-down-on-fire-stick-and-dodgy-box-piracy-apps-2\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Amazon Cracks Down on Fire Stick and \u201cdodgy box\u201d Piracy Apps - UK TV in Spain","og_description":"In recent months, Amazon has made a bold move in the fight against online piracy \u2014 especially in the world of streaming. The company has gone beyond simply rejecting illegal apps from its Appstore and is now actively blocking them &#8230; Continue read...","og_url":"https:\/\/uktvinspain.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/01\/amazon-cracks-down-on-fire-stick-and-dodgy-box-piracy-apps-2\/","og_site_name":"UK TV in Spain","article_published_time":"2025-11-01T08:00:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":244,"height":200,"url":"https:\/\/uktvinspain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/uk_tv200x2001.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"The Sat and PC Guy","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"The Sat and PC Guy"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/uktvinspain.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/01\/amazon-cracks-down-on-fire-stick-and-dodgy-box-piracy-apps-2\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uktvinspain.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/01\/amazon-cracks-down-on-fire-stick-and-dodgy-box-piracy-apps-2\/"},"author":{"name":"The Sat and PC Guy","@id":"https:\/\/uktvinspain.com\/#\/schema\/person\/99d69e19b4e077bfd96e3b5d6c200533"},"headline":"Amazon Cracks Down on Fire Stick and \u201cdodgy box\u201d Piracy Apps","datePublished":"2025-11-01T08:00:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/uktvinspain.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/01\/amazon-cracks-down-on-fire-stick-and-dodgy-box-piracy-apps-2\/"},"wordCount":72,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uktvinspain.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/01\/amazon-cracks-down-on-fire-stick-and-dodgy-box-piracy-apps-2\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uktvinspain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/uk_tv200x2001.jpg","keywords":["ace","alliance for creativity and entertainment","amazon","amazon crackdown","amazon fire tv update","anti-piracy","blocked apps","content protection","dodgy fire sticks","fire stick","fire tv","fire tv apps","Firesticks","illegal streaming","IPTV","iptv apps","online piracy","piracy","streaming crackdown","streaming devices","streaming security"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/uktvinspain.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/01\/amazon-cracks-down-on-fire-stick-and-dodgy-box-piracy-apps-2\/","url":"https:\/\/uktvinspain.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/01\/amazon-cracks-down-on-fire-stick-and-dodgy-box-piracy-apps-2\/","name":"Amazon Cracks Down on Fire Stick and \u201cdodgy box\u201d Piracy Apps - UK TV in Spain","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uktvinspain.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/uktvinspain.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/01\/amazon-cracks-down-on-fire-stick-and-dodgy-box-piracy-apps-2\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uktvinspain.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/01\/amazon-cracks-down-on-fire-stick-and-dodgy-box-piracy-apps-2\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uktvinspain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/uk_tv200x2001.jpg","datePublished":"2025-11-01T08:00:49+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/uktvinspain.com\/#\/schema\/person\/99d69e19b4e077bfd96e3b5d6c200533"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/uktvinspain.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/01\/amazon-cracks-down-on-fire-stick-and-dodgy-box-piracy-apps-2\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/uktvinspain.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/01\/amazon-cracks-down-on-fire-stick-and-dodgy-box-piracy-apps-2\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/uktvinspain.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/01\/amazon-cracks-down-on-fire-stick-and-dodgy-box-piracy-apps-2\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/uktvinspain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/uk_tv200x2001.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uktvinspain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/uk_tv200x2001.jpg","width":244,"height":200},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/uktvinspain.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/01\/amazon-cracks-down-on-fire-stick-and-dodgy-box-piracy-apps-2\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/uktvinspain.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Amazon Cracks Down on Fire Stick and \u201cdodgy box\u201d Piracy Apps"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/uktvinspain.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/uktvinspain.com\/","name":"UK TV in Spain","description":"How to watch UK TV in Spain - View UK TV Abroad - Receive UK TV in Spain","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/uktvinspain.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/uktvinspain.com\/#\/schema\/person\/99d69e19b4e077bfd96e3b5d6c200533","name":"The Sat and PC Guy","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/uktvinspain.com\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/6e0d816f671a347f87837c89b3bbb8a0.jpg?ver=1776349458","url":"https:\/\/uktvinspain.com\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/6e0d816f671a347f87837c89b3bbb8a0.jpg?ver=1776349458","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uktvinspain.com\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/6e0d816f671a347f87837c89b3bbb8a0.jpg?ver=1776349458","caption":"The Sat and PC Guy"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.satandpcguy.com"],"url":"https:\/\/uktvinspain.com\/index.php\/author\/the-sat-and-pc-guy\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/uktvinspain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/uk_tv200x2001.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uktvinspain.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uktvinspain.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uktvinspain.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uktvinspain.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uktvinspain.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8466"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uktvinspain.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8474,"href":"https:\/\/uktvinspain.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8466\/revisions\/8474"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uktvinspain.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uktvinspain.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uktvinspain.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uktvinspain.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}