# Amazon kept shutting down a tablet, so he spent $266 on four AI models to own it > Source: > Published: 2026-08-24 14:39:49+00:00 Eric Pardee bought an Amazon Fire HD 10 (11th gen, 2021) to serve one purpose: Fully Kiosk Browser, displaying his Home Assistant Smart Home dashboard, plugged in 24/7. Last winter it started powering itself off. Something on the device with shutdown permissions was choosing to shut it down. Amazon protected packages were the culprit. A […]