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Why does Roku even need to work with YouTube to put YouTube on the device? It's a web page that can be opened in any browser. For that reason, I have to assum
by jrockway 5y ago
Why does Roku even need to work with YouTube to put YouTube on the device? It's a web page that can be opened in any browser.
For that reason, I have to assume that Roku wants to extract money from Google here, and as with net neutrality, they're right to not pay.
- azinman2 5y agoIt’s better used as an app on these devices. A webpage would be very cumbersome to use with a basic remote and lower powered processor. I also assume they integrated into search and other roku functionality.
- willcipriano 5y agoCould Roku start distributing New Pipe[0] or similar? It works ok-ish on my android TVs. [0]https://newpipe.net/ https://newpipe.net/
- commoner 5y agoGoogle would probably find ways to obstruct any of Roku's alternative YouTube clients, just as Google disabled Microsoft's YouTube client on Windows Phone years ago: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/appsblog/2013/aug/15/google-disables-windows-phone-youtube-app https://www.theguardian.com/technology/appsblog/2013/aug/15/...
- jackbravo 5y agoYour personal account can get suspended for abusing the service, like when sidestepping their official apps to download videos.
- warioftw 5y agoYou'd think that, but YT engineers solved this challenge using two methods: 1. Build an efficient "browser" (HTML5 runtime) that can run a web app. 2. Write a webapp specifically targeted towards TVs, includes 10 foot interface, etc. Source: https://cobalt.dev/ https://cobalt.dev/
- easton 5y agoAmazon for years just had an app in their store called "YouTube.com" which opened YouTube.com/tv in a webview. Worked absolutely fine, and was the preferred method until Google finally let them have an apk that didn't rely on Play Services.
- Mindwipe 5y agoI mean, the fact it was the preferred method until an app came along does rather show that it wasn't actually very good.
- cosmotic 5y agoYouTube makes ad revenue from Roku users, Roku wants a cut.