Re:YouTube is about to pull its apps from Roku
by wmf on Friday October 22, 2021 @07:34PM
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Roku is a meta-platform that includes Apple and Amazon and may even be taking a 30% cut of those.
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Re:YouTube is about to pull its apps from Roku
by commoner on Saturday October 23, 2021 @12:56AM
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I don't see any evidence that Roku is taking 30% of anything. Roku does not require users to use its own payment system for subscriptions of streaming services, including subscriptions initiated from within the channel.
Roku help page for Apple TV channel: https://support.roku.com/article/360036652634
> If you subscribe to any Apple TV Channels, payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at purchase.
Apple TV channel listing on Roku: https://channelstore.roku.com/details/a20e3c294993147c6cda43...
Re:YouTube is about to pull its apps from Roku
by wmf on Saturday October 23, 2021 @06:13PM
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You pay Apple then Apple pays Roku.
"brand-specific buttons on its remote controls... $1 per customer for each button ... Roku doesn’t pay anything to the channels it distributes, yet it still takes a share of their ad revenue. ... Roku executives will threaten to cancel a channel if its owner doesn’t give Roku a larger cut of ad sales" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-11/streaming...