And as usual he was 100% wrong:
Now with Alexa, use your Fire TV Voice Remote to check sports scores or the weather, play music, and more - instantly
The easiest way to enjoy over 250,000 TV episodes and movies on Netflix, Amazon Video, HBO GO, and Showtime Anytime, plus games, music, and apps
Cutting the cord? Watch the best of live TV on NBC News, NBA Gametime, and Sling TV, which includes ESPN, CNN, HDTV, AMC, A&E, Cartoon Network, and more.
Say it. Watch it. Simply say the name of what you want to watch and start enjoying in seconds.
Now with 75% more processing power, a dedicated graphics engine, better Wi-Fi support, 2 GB of memory, 8 GB of storage and expandable storage of up to 128 GB
With over 800 games - the most games of any other streaming media player - there is something for the entire family, including Minecraft, Lego Star Wars, and Pac-Man 256
Amazon Prime members get unlimited access to Prime Video, including original programming like Transparent, plus over 1 million songs with Prime Music
Amazon's answer to Apple TV: a Fire TV box with Alexa and 4K video support .
They had been having priblems with functionality and lackluster sales and they had been out of stock since June. Amazon had just laid off dozens of their design engineers. I linked to articles coming to similar conclusions.