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Within the past month, I've been unable to purchase Amazon Prime content on my smart TV through the Amazon Prime app, for what appears to be the same reason (Go
by daenz 4y ago
Within the past month, I've been unable to purchase Amazon Prime content on my smart TV through the Amazon Prime app, for what appears to be the same reason (Google changes). I have to go to Amazon.com and buy it through there for it to show up on the TV.
I've abstained from buying several movies from this increased friction. I wonder how much it's costing Amazon.
- linuxftw 4y agoRoku doesn't have this problem, I highly recommend it.
- pavon 4y agoOver the last several years, Roku has also changed business models to being a rent seeker, to the point where they now derive four times more income from companies paying to put their channel on Roku than they earn from hardware sales[1]. There have been numerous disputes between streaming providers and Roku, with HBO and YouTube being the biggest. [1] https://www.investopedia.com/how-roku-makes-money-5119488 https://www.investopedia.com/how-roku-makes-money-5119488
- scarface74 4y agoRoku is one of the worse offenders of gatekeeping snd strong arming content providers. They have the same arguments with providers that cable providers use to have and also demand a cut. At least with Apple and Google, you can put any app on their streaming devices without having any type of negotiations. You submit it just like any other app.
- kevinventullo 4y agoWhich Smart TV is this? I’ve been considering getting a dumb monitor with an Apple TV plugged in, but this makes me think I should just plug in a laptop and do everything in the browser (which I suppose will work until the browsers start taking a cut).
- daenz 4y agoLG G1 OLED. It's my first smart tv, but I'm pretty happy with it. Being an OLED, the contrast ratio is great. And if you mount it, it sits less than an inch off of the wall.