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I've never heard of roku. I'd suggest voting with your dollar. It looks like this is some form of set-top-box system, I suggest using free software if you want

by ta1243 3y ago

I've never heard of roku. I'd suggest voting with your dollar. It looks like this is some form of set-top-box system, I suggest using free software if you want freedom -- is XBMC still a thing?

jetbalsa 3y ago
Its mostly Jellyfin is king of open source media library stuff, XBMC morphed into Kodi over time and is still used as a OS / Media Library as well
BadHumans 3y ago
You've never heard of Roku? That's pretty impressive honestly. I assumed they were a household name.
- thsksbd 3y ago
  I only heard of roku because my money obsessed friend kept talking about it and its stock price. For years I didn't even know what he was talking about until I asked him one day. Seemed like a stupid product to lose money and I told him. I have never heard of Roku outside of conversations with him.
  - Talanes 3y ago
    Do an image search for "Roku screensaver" and see if that looks familiar to you. It's not really the sort of product that gets brought up directly by name a lot, but I've seen that screensaver in plenty of homes and a surprising number of businesses.
    - thsksbd 3y ago
      Never seen that screensaver before. Which really isn't that surprising. I'm a late 90s with ADSL kid. I've pirated movies and shows since I was 15. So I never had cable as adult, I have never bought a "TV" just computer monitors. My parents have some google stick (thats what a Roku is?) on their TV that my sisters bought. I find it super annoying.
giancarlostoro 3y ago
It's an alternative to Apple TV and Android TV, and in some cases superior to Android TV in terms of quality. I'll never go back from Apple TV though, the quality and reliability is too high for me to bother with Roku or Android. Quite well known here in the US. Honestly, I'm surprised Amazon didn't just buy out Roku, the Fire stick is not really that special.
fbdab103 3y ago
Worth noting that freedom is costly. The big streaming services will not give you a 4k picture on an open source Linux system. Media providers require a closed source Widevine DRM system which is present in all of the commercial media boxes.

by ta1243 3y ago

I've never heard of roku. I'd suggest voting with your dollar. It looks like this is some form of set-top-box system, I suggest using free software if you want freedom -- is XBMC still a thing?

jetbalsa 3y ago

Its mostly Jellyfin is king of open source media library stuff, XBMC morphed into Kodi over time and is still used as a OS / Media Library as well

BadHumans 3y ago

You've never heard of Roku? That's pretty impressive honestly. I assumed they were a household name.

thsksbd 3y ago
I only heard of roku because my money obsessed friend kept talking about it and its stock price. For years I didn't even know what he was talking about until I asked him one day. Seemed like a stupid product to lose money and I told him. I have never heard of Roku outside of conversations with him.
- Talanes 3y ago
  Do an image search for "Roku screensaver" and see if that looks familiar to you. It's not really the sort of product that gets brought up directly by name a lot, but I've seen that screensaver in plenty of homes and a surprising number of businesses.
  - thsksbd 3y ago
    Never seen that screensaver before. Which really isn't that surprising. I'm a late 90s with ADSL kid. I've pirated movies and shows since I was 15. So I never had cable as adult, I have never bought a "TV" just computer monitors. My parents have some google stick (thats what a Roku is?) on their TV that my sisters bought. I find it super annoying.

giancarlostoro 3y ago

It's an alternative to Apple TV and Android TV, and in some cases superior to Android TV in terms of quality. I'll never go back from Apple TV though, the quality and reliability is too high for me to bother with Roku or Android. Quite well known here in the US. Honestly, I'm surprised Amazon didn't just buy out Roku, the Fire stick is not really that special.

fbdab103 3y ago

Worth noting that freedom is costly. The big streaming services will not give you a 4k picture on an open source Linux system. Media providers require a closed source Widevine DRM system which is present in all of the commercial media boxes.