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Seems like this could be bad news for Roku, since I believe the big draw for them was having both platforms.
by darkpuma 7y ago
Seems like this could be bad news for Roku, since I believe the big draw for them was having both platforms.
- untog 7y agoI really hope Roku stick around, as an independent company is very valuable in this space. Thankfully they're making popular and well reviewed TVs, so hopefully that's enough to keep them around.
- wyldfire 7y agoI'm once bitten, twice-shy. IIRC Roku was created by Netflix in order to avoid the potential conflict of interest between device maker and content provider when the manufacturer is also a content creator. I'm not going back to the FireTV, Roku seems to work well.
- Godel_unicode 7y agoRoku is (was?) subleasing its office space from Netflix, and was funded after Netflix decided not to make a box itself. It's publicly traded as of 2017, but it's history is definitely intertwined with Netflix.
- scarface74 7y agoThe original Roku box was built internally by Netflix. It was cancelled/spun off at the last minute because Netflix didn’t want to compete with companies it wanted to partner with.
- notatoad 7y agomy next tv will be a roku tv. i love my roku box because all roku cares about is putting video on my tv. I'm not going to get a google or amazon box because who knows when they'll start fighting again and i'll lose half the stuff i want to watch.
- scarface74 7y agoAll Roku cares about is collecting user data and serving ads that take up half your home screen, your screensaver and hard coded buttons going to the highest bidder on your remote....