update 2. this thread is even longer and even more scary. yes it's mostly about the 2017 HD 8 but I have one of those also ( though it does not have a card & it aint gettting one anytime soon after reading this )
https://www.amazonforum.com/forums/d...s-5-6-0?page=3
some takeaways from both threads.
1. they keep updating OS5.6 without changing the release number, making tracking difficult
2. Samsung EVO cards ( like I had) seem especially troublesome with 5.6
3. there is mention of a battery drain if a pi-hole router blocks tablet from reporting metrics back to mothership: that happened at my daughters house -Fire HD 8 battery went 50% -> zero overnight, until my techie son in law debugged it & whitelisted device-metrics-us.amazon.com
4. overseas support at amazon is useless and they are not collating multiple reports of issues - so some posters predict mega customer upsets when the Xmas present tablets get turned on & fail
5. The google play store stupidly updating amazon system apps like the Kindle app also gets an honourable mention - I had that bug, but turning off auto - update on the play store version fixed it. it also wants to update amazon drive, alexa , and a few others I have had to say NO to . That bug goes both ways. I have had amazon store wanting to overwirite flipboard from play store with their own way out of date version