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Roku basically benefitted from 2 things: 1) The constant battles between Apple, Google, Amazon, where removing or not adding their specific media distribution c
by addicted 5y ago
Roku basically benefitted from 2 things:
1) The constant battles between Apple, Google, Amazon, where removing or not adding their specific media distribution channel to each others platforms was used as leverage in all sorts of unrelated negotiations. This meant that Roku was for the longest time the only device that supported AppleTV, Google, Prime Video.
2) Google’s insistence on it having a physical remote for their Chromecast players which in itself was likely a result of the fiefdoms which led to Chromecast and Google TV being separate products for the longest time.
Both of these things are not true anymore. Roku is no longer a neutral platform. And Google Chromecast now comes with a remote.
I see very little reason to pick a Roku over the Chromecast with Google TV and I suspect that Roku’s disadvantages will only worsen with v2 of the Google device.