# What’s your experience with the longevity of Amazon Firesticks? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 6, 2022, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-experience-with-the-longevity-of-amazon-firesticks/960569 "2022-03-06T16:08:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 32
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-experience-with-the-longevity-of-amazon-firesticks/960569/32 "2023-03-27T23:20:36Z")
> [@doreen](#): > > > [@Maserschmidt](#): > > > > This one finally crapped out - repeated glitching etc. - and at 11PM I ordered a new one. At 7AM the next day it arrived, and I learned something interesting: the Firestick is storing info on my Samsung SmartTV™ > > I’m confused - I thought that part of what defined a Smart TV is that they can connect to the internet and you don’t need a Roku or Firestick or other device to stream. i definitely know I don’t use a Firestick ( or any other device ) with my Samsung smart Tv. The smart TV I have was purchased quite a few years ago [(2012 to be precise)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tackling-the-mess-in-the-front-room-or-why-im-up-at-2-am/609678) and while initially it didn’t need any help connecting after awhile it became obsolete (I believe the error message was "no longer supported) and couldn’t connect any longer. I purchased an Amazon firestick which restored and improved the connectivity of my TV. Yay. So I’m watching modern streaming on an “obsolete” TV. Which I have no intention of replacing until it stops working entirely. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-experience-with-the-longevity-of-amazon-firesticks/960569)._