Re:Roku tells customers it is unable to strike a deal with Y...
by NelsonMinar on Thursday October 21, 2021 @11:24AM
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I'm a long time Roku fan but also feel they're in the wrong here. Mostly I'm angry because I feel captive; I bought my TCL TV explicitly because it had the Roku OS. It's great! Right until it can't show the one content site I most want to see because of some stupid business argument. I feel like a sucker for paying for Roku.
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Re:Roku tells customers it is unable to strike a deal with Y...
by criddell on Thursday October 21, 2021 @12:09PM
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I'm kind of done with Roku. When they were holding customers hostage to squeeze more money out of HBOMax I did a bit of reading about Roku and realized how parasitic they are.
None of the commercial streaming device options are great, but I think my next one will be an Apple TV.
Re:Roku tells customers it is unable to strike a deal with Y...
by inetknght on Thursday October 21, 2021 @12:16PM
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> I'm angry because I feel captive; I bought my TCL TV explicitly because it had the Roku OS.
You bought a TV and expected it to not have its features changed. That sounds like a very reasonable expectation.
Re:Roku tells customers it is unable to strike a deal with Y...
by supernovae on Thursday October 21, 2021 @12:22PM
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The TV has roku built in, but, it's still a TV with HDMI and USB ports so you can use it with any non ROKU device you want. You're not worse off...