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Roku's products are in a stage of rot that is very disconcerting. For example, despite Rdio failing as a company, Roku lacks the ability to map their Rdio butt
by 27182818284 9y ago
Roku's products are in a stage of rot that is very disconcerting.
For example, despite Rdio failing as a company, Roku lacks the ability to map their Rdio button to a different function. This seems to indicate fundamentally bad practices by their engineering department. Similarly, it is possible to quickly hit the search button too fast and cause the entire Roku device to freeze. On top of all of this, there are some channels that seem to be impossible to remove from their devices.
- freestockoption 9y agoRoku apps feel pretty clunky/jerky compared to Chromecast and Apple TV. Feels like a product built in the 2000s.
- josteink 9y agoUntil recently the Plex-app available for Roku literally looked like something out of the 90s. I've seen fancier menus on my old Amiga. The eco-system and its apps are not really built to impress.
- freestockoption 9y agoMakes me wonder: if the Roku was released today, how successful would it be? Seems like they have a huge first mover advantage in that people know it. But now there are lots of big players in the game who can really polish their respective products. I guess this IPO is supposed to help with that, but I feel this just means that there's a challenging road ahead.
- AjithAntony 9y agoThe mainstream services, like amazon, hulu, HBO, and netflix, have very rich modern apps at least on the latest gen rokus. The older rokus probably lack the horsepower to use the newer apps.