YouTube TV removed from Roku channel store amid Google contract dispute

Re:YouTube TV removed from Roku channel store amid Google co... by pbhjpbhj on Friday April 30, 2021 @11:42AM (#26994907)

I gave up on Roku when they and/or NowTV unlawfully deleted a side-loaded app from my device.

Moved to FireTV which has plesk as a downloadable, that allows me to view photos off my local network as I was doing before ... Plex is awful now, the UX is terrible for me (it's geared to viewing Plex's content, which I have never used nor wanted), so I moved to just using VLC (clunky for photo viewing but good enough).

We only use Netflix, Youtube and free catch-up channels and only have 1080p, but FireTV was/is way better than the Roku device was.

What's garbage about FireTV?

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Re:YouTube TV removed from Roku channel store amid Google co... by browningstreet on Friday April 30, 2021 @12:04PM (#26995231)

I wanted HBOMax and I had given away my AppleTV. I wasn't going to buy a new AppleTV until they upgraded it, so I bought a FireTV. Aside from the ads, it works really well and the remote is decent.

I've gotten used to it, and now that the new AppleTV is out, I probably won't even bother upgrading. Or if I do, I'm on the fence about it.

The Roku interface is easily the worst of the bunch.

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Re:YouTube TV removed from Roku channel store amid Google co... by nvarsj on Friday April 30, 2021 @01:37PM (#26996652)

It doesn't take much effort to unpin the Plex channels from your home page, or remove them completely from your account settings. It's annoying that they're the default, but it's not a huge deal either.

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Re:YouTube TV removed from Roku channel store amid Google co... by pbhjpbhj on Friday April 30, 2021 @06:03PM (#26999989)

I tried unpinning the Plex stuff, didn't work for, didn't put local content on home either. Maybe errors at my end; had used and liked it for a couple of years before that.

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