tl;dr Google wants the AV1 codec. It requires hardware decoders for low-power devices. This saves google a TON of bandwidth costs. AV1 is actually royalty fre

tl;dr Google wants the AV1 codec. It requires hardware decoders for low-power devices. This saves google a TON of bandwidth costs. AV1 is actually royalty free available and praised by the industry. Roku doesn't think that decoder chip will fit with their low hardware costs. Therefore wants to pass the cost onto google.