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Fire TVs are seeing some of the steepest cuts — a Toshiba 43-inch 4K Fire TV is down to $139.98 from $299.99, and a 6-camera Blink Outdoor 4 XR security system dropped to $146.99 from $419.99, a $273 reduction. Echo speakers are also on sale across the board, with the Echo Spot hitting $44.99 — a 44% discount. The Eero Pro 6E mesh WiFi system is $329.99, down $120. Kindle e-readers, notably, haven't been discounted yet, though Amazon suggests deals could appear once the sale is fully underway.\n\nAmazon consistently uses Prime Day to accelerate adoption of its own ecosystem — cheap Fire TVs and Echo devices pull consumers deeper into Alexa and Prime Video, and Blink cameras add another lock-in layer. Pre-loading discounts before the sale's official start is a pressure tactic: urgency without a deadline is still urgency. 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