YouTube is about to pull its apps from Roku

Re:YouTube is about to pull its apps from Roku by commoner on Saturday October 23, 2021 @12:56AM (#28965857)

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...

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Re:YouTube is about to pull its apps from Roku by wmf on Saturday October 23, 2021 @06:13PM (#28972884)

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...

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