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Originally Posted by fjtorres
The Fire tablets can he rooted but don't really need it because sideloading is allowed. All you need is to enable running applications "from unkown sources" in the settings menu.
Unlike B&N, Amazon has better uses for their staff than fighting their customers over minor stuff.
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I disagree here. Using both stores' fifty dollar cheapie tablets as a comparison, I can say that the Nook tablet is just an Android tablet with B&N's launcher installed. It comes with the Play Store installed and you can change the launcher if you like.
The Fire tablet runs Fire OS, a modified version of Android. You have to hack it to install the Play Store and you can't change the launcher.
Sideloading is allowed on both, as far as I know, though with the Play Store, sideloading doesn't matter much to me.