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I'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 whe
by wyldfire 7y ago
I'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.