Theoretically, Amazon could "replay" the 1000 hits back to the NYT in the background while the users are getting served the cached page. In addition, it appears that JavaScript still runs on the client (though compiled down to bytecode before reaching the device), so any JS-based analytics would still get fired off.

And Amazon could also do filter out any malware distributing websites.

Would it be wrong to call the Fire some sort of thin client? (just for the browser)