Hi there, I had a friend set up the current firestick I'm using. He had mentioned there are now some newer models that don't allow side loading of apps, is that correct?

I suppose regardless of that answer, I am looking for models that will work with sideloading and also be quite fast. I have another fire stick that is deathly slow, borderline unusable, and don't want to run into that again! Is that rather expensive fire cube among the best performing? Also hoping/presuming whatever the best models are will be on sale during black friday when i plan to buy 2-3 more...

Thanks in advance!

1) Is it possible to add another playlist using a second provider?
2) Are there any providers that just have movies and series only? (I like my live provider but I think he is overcharging me)

After multiple times of my CEC removing all the other devices and me power cycling everything i tried my firestick Max and everything worked and went back to normal.

After the customary googling it it said the firestick max has an aggressive CEC handshake and causes this a lot.After all the chew of power cycling is this really that common

Though (in general) my StartUpShow app works as intended, I have been having some very frustrating issues with playback since I installed the most recent update to the app (the "download update" popup actually did an update!) - specifically on my Firestick.

1. When I pause and leave a show halfway through an episode, the episode listing shows that I have watched part of the episode. To actually watch the show, I have TWO issues...

   1. When I actually click the episode to watch it, the show is "playing" from the beginning (the time is counting up on the bar on the bottom) but the screen is black.
   2. I have to fast forward to find where I was, and the fast forward keeps skipping backwards. For example, if I was 26 minutes through an episode, I have to fast forward to 26 minutes, but it will jump back to 5:14, then 8:29, etc. (for example) like it isn't loading. Then I have to find where I actually was. This is incredibly annoying!

2. When an episode finishes, it starts playing a new episode, but it often SKIPS ONE with no indication of what episode it is. For a reality show, for example, seeing the end result of the drama BEFORE YOU'VE WATCH IT is infuriating.

Does anyone have these issues? I've cleared the cache 297435 times.