Be careful when installing new apps on Fire TV.

Clicking this button takes you to a confirmation screen.

This is still the default installation option for most apps on Fire TV.

Person holding the Amazon Alexa Voice Remote Pro.

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This shouldn’t be thedefaultbehavior when downloading a streaming app, though.

Amazon knows better than to pull this nonsense in the Fire TV store.

Intentional or accidental, it doesn’t matter.

An example of the ‘subscribe and download’ button in the Fire TV app store.

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