It's Android which you can jailbreak (add non Amazon apps) and stream stuff you would not be able to on a Smart TV for free.
With a smart TV you need to pay for SmartIPTV app, I think £5 to activate the app, then have to buy an subscription for IPTV channels.
Rising Tides Add-on for football and PPV but this needs to be added to Kodi.
Kodi:
https://www.firesticktricks.com/install-kodi-on-firestick.html
Rising Tides:
https://www.firesticktricks.com/rising-tides.html
HDTV for all satilite channels around the world...
You sure it wasn't 1500 channels?
I've used a lot of IPTV services and spent a bit of money on them over the years.
I now use fee add-ons on the firestick to watch TV, well football..