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Re:Roku tells customers it is unable to strike a deal with Y... by mbesto on Thursday October 21, 2021 @11:03PM (#28953291)
> It certainly seems like charging 2x the price for the hardware removes a lot of the incentive to do all the scammy stuff Ruku is involved in; though I guess I can't know for sure, or know the future.

Software services (i.e. updating iOS/Roku's OS) require on-going maintenance. Apple makes this by charging developers who in turn typically charge the consumers. Roku doesn't do this and hence why it can be hostile to the consumer. It's model is generally to use an ad model instead.

Now people know why there is a (arguably high) tax on subscriptions derived from iOS.

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Re:Roku tells customers it is unable to strike a deal with Y... by alephnan on Friday October 22, 2021 @02:38AM (#28954287)
> charging developers who in turn typically charge the consumers.

It’s like Visa, restaurants will charge all customers including cash paying ones more too. So the Visa card holder, isn’t incentivized not to use it.

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