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People who use Roku, why do you use it instead of something like Google Stick, Amazon Firestick, Apple TV, or the built in smart function of your TV? I never u
by aurareturn 3y ago
People who use Roku, why do you use it instead of something like Google Stick, Amazon Firestick, Apple TV, or the built in smart function of your TV?
I never understood why it was a $60 billion stock when what they make is close to a commodity and worse, all TVs now come with some smart function as standard.
- licheness 3y agoPrice and convenience. I don't like Amazon Firestick or Google Stick. Apple is nice. Also I can add Pi-Hole and limit a lot of the Roku data mining that happens.
- mytailorisrich 3y agoI bought one to turn an old monitor into a 'TV' to watch Netflix, Youtube, Amazon in one of the bedroom. Cheap and convenient. At the moment their market cap is $9B, which is still quite high, IMHO. They just spiked during Covid like everything else that was perceived as lockdown/WFH friendly. Of course it was all a bubble.