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Re:Roku tells customers it is unable to strike a deal with Y... by Gunax on Thursday October 21, 2021 @11:40AM (#28946083)
I am a bit sympathetic to them because that's what the market asks for.

I am looking at the prices of rokus, and my guess is they are losing money on the hardware.

And yes, we should have a completely free (as in speech) device. But if you actually offered it and priced it accordingly, most people would not buy it.

It's dumb but it's what we consumers have voiced with our money.

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Re:Roku tells customers it is unable to strike a deal with Y... by scantron4 on Thursday October 21, 2021 @12:14PM (#28946674)
amazon offers an ad free version of the kindle for $30 more. I'd love the same from Roku.

But then... I bought the ad version, not for price but because it had the pretty colors and I don't like using cases on kindles anymore.

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Re:Roku tells customers it is unable to strike a deal with Y... by supernovae on Thursday October 21, 2021 @12:24PM (#28946827)
NextDNS blocks Roku's ads and tracking for me. I just get a blank square on the home page.
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