[Jeffers24]

@Numus,
What you are missing in all this is that to lesson the workload of Kodi Android developer coding support, everyone vendor that wants Kodi Krypton to run relatively smoothly on their device has to adhere to the exact same Android standards. And use the same Android Application Programming Interfaces.

Krypton v17 is the Line in the Sand moment when the Kodi devs have gone enough is enough. There will be no more custom hacks. Its no longer possible for everyone to do their own thing if they want proper A/V support into the future. The freely given Kodi developer resources are just not there.
Plus there are too many Android devices to provide custom programming support. Its simply impossible.

Simply put the burdon of adhering to well known Google Android standards rest solely with the Vendors and Chipset manufacturers from Krypton onwards.

Amazon hardware is very likely sold at cost price mainly to generate revenue from paid video streaming services. That it happened to run Kodi Jarvis using custom hacks has been fine up to this point. Amazon now have to get with the program and start adhering to publish standards. Sony as well, and all others that want Kodi support. Otherwise there will be continual pain for end Kodi users of such hardware going forward.

+1

What is the standard that a buyer should look for, when buying an Android box??