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why roku doesn't want to allow av1 is beyond me

• VWWHFSfQ 5y ago
  they're already selling those streaming sticks at a loss. I imagine adding another hardware decoder chip (is there one for av1?) will increase their costs, without being able to pass it on to youtube, which sounds like part of the problem.
  • otterley 5y ago
    > they're already selling those streaming sticks at a loss How do you know?
    • VWWHFSfQ 5y ago
      Since they're a public company we get to see exactly what they spend their money on [0]. Look at Platform Gross Profit vs. Player Gross Profit. It looks like previously they were selling at a loss, and in 2020 they managed to start selling basically at-cost. [0] https://ir.roku.com/static-files/0e84462d-74ac-459d-9aff-be335c09a4f3 https://ir.roku.com/static-files/0e84462d-74ac-459d-9aff-be3...
  • bluthru 5y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AV1#Hardware https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AV1#Hardware