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It's a great example of what both companies see as their value proposition (to users, and to Wall Street). Roku: aggregating multiple streaming providers in a
by ethbr0 5y ago
It's a great example of what both companies see as their value proposition (to users, and to Wall Street).
Roku: aggregating multiple streaming providers in a provider-agnostic way
Google: centralizing streaming through the YouTube brand (considering it comprises multiple offerings now)
I'm not a huge fan of Roku, due to data collection, but it's apparent who's on the side of the user here. Google/YouTube has finally grown big enough to be everything we hated about legacy content providers.
- skinnymuch 5y agoThis isn’t new. Google messed with YouTube (and Maps) on Windows Phone which is now many years ago.
- supernovae 5y agoNextDNS seems to block Roku's data collection efforts (as well as other "smart tvs")
- entropicdrifter 5y agoMy PiHole blocks the Roku data collection, too