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Google denies that they made this request, but recently revealed emails indicate that they did make a request along those lines. Regardless of this deal, Roku
by etempleton 5y ago
Google denies that they made this request, but recently revealed emails indicate that they did make a request along those lines.
Regardless of this deal, Roku is almost certainly dead in the water. They have limited international penetration and their platform, if you can call it one, is extremely limited compared to Apple, Google, and even Amazon’s offerings and app stores.
I don’t see a path forward at this point for the company. They will continue to have a stream of ad revenue for awhile, but will slowly get squeezed out.
- throwawaymanbot 5y agoDo you work for google?
- tyingq 5y agoThey seem to be doing well in North America: https://9to5google.com/2021/05/03/roku-global-streaming-marketshare-drops/ https://9to5google.com/2021/05/03/roku-global-streaming-mark...
- fgonzag 5y agoThey have limited international penetration and their platform Most cheap smart tvs come with roku OS. I wouldn't call that limited penetration.
- etempleton 5y agoMost cheap smart TVs in North America.
- nsn90 5y agoalso Latin America, where their value offer is strong
- wmf 5y agoRoku is a meta-platform that includes Apple and Amazon and may even be taking a 30% cut of those.
- commoner 5y agoI don't see any evidence that Roku is taking 30% of anything. Roku does not require users to use its own payment system for subscriptions of streaming services, including subscriptions initiated from within the channel. Roku help page for Apple TV channel: https://support.roku.com/article/360036652634 https://support.roku.com/article/360036652634 > If you subscribe to any Apple TV Channels, payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at purchase. Apple TV channel listing on Roku: https://channelstore.roku.com/details/a20e3c294993147c6cda435497594031/apple-tv https://channelstore.roku.com/details/a20e3c294993147c6cda43...
- wmf 5y agoYou pay Apple then Apple pays Roku. "brand-specific buttons on its remote controls... $1 per customer for each button ... Roku doesn’t pay anything to the channels it distributes, yet it still takes a share of their ad revenue. ... Roku executives will threaten to cancel a channel if its owner doesn’t give Roku a larger cut of ad sales" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-11/streaming-box-king-roku-is-under-seige-from-amazon-and-apple https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-11/streaming...
- EastOfTruth 5y agoDo you work for Google, Apple or Amazon?