April 15, 2026

Amazon is being dragged into court over claims it pulled the rug out from under owners of older Fire TV Sticks, allegedly turning them into pricey paperweights by cutting software support while still hyping “instant” streaming. The class action, filed in California by plaintiff Bill Merewhuader, says Amazon sold first- and second-generation devices with promises of instant access to hundreds of thousands of movies and shows, then later stripped or limited the critical updates that kept them working, leaving some units slow, broken, or effectively bricked. Merewhuader says he bought two second-gen Fire TV Sticks in 2018, saw them bog down over time, and was forced to replace them in 2024 after they became unusable.

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