WTF? .. yuck
Well, it's been 5 years ... time to switch out my Roku for something better ...
One of the great things about Roku is it's minimal expense ... which means I won't think twice to swap out for anything else.
Fox to buy Roku
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#152I had to look to see whether this was NewsCorp Fox or Disney Fox. In the 00s I did some contract work at Fox Filmed Entertainment (the part of the company later bought by Disney) which was introduced during interviews as Fox Filmed Entertainment We Have Nothing To Do With Fox News.
Whats the relevancy here of which Fox subsidiary you did contract work for as it relates to the Roku offer?
These aren't subsidiaries of each other. They're different companies with different ownership. So the name Fox is ambiguous.
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#153Looks like it’s time to cut my TCL-Roku TV off from the internet forever now.
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#154I had to look to see whether this was NewsCorp Fox or Disney Fox. In the 00s I did some contract work at Fox Filmed Entertainment (the part of the company later bought by Disney) which was introduced during interviews as Fox Filmed Entertainment We Have Nothing To Do With Fox News.
Whats the relevancy here of which Fox subsidiary you did contract work for as it relates to the Roku offer?
the comment starts by introducing the possibility of confusion between two entities. the further color added via personal anecdote might help put readers in the commenter's shoes
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#155Earlier quoted context omitted.
Are there any alternatives that are independent of streaming services?
Google and Apple seem like the best competition and they do have streaming services, although Google's is just their bad YouTube tv thing and very ignorable. I'm not sure Amazon is even in the running now. The Nvidia shield used to be a decent streaming box?
They (ETA nvidia shield) added ads many years ago. Really left a bitter taste in my mouth after paying for an ad-free "premium" device to have them shoved out there.
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#156I may be lambasted for saying this, but I do not believe that Fox (or any large media company, really) should be permitted to purchase direct access to the TV hardware of roughly 30-50% of american households.
Much in the same way that the company selling tickets and taking a percentage of all ticket resales shouldn't also own the venues which can then force artists to use a specific ticketing provider, thus creating a monopoly.
We have antitrust laws in the US but they do us absolutely no good when the government refuses to even consider enforcing them, which seems to be the case in the past few decades.
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#157Earlier quoted context omitted.
that law does not exist, probably because not enough people feel that way
Your reasoning does not stand at all. There are plenty of things that the majority of people agree upon in this country but it does not get done for a variety of reasons. For example, it's not as important as other issues so they can't prioritize it for voting, gerrymandering, etc...
or, you know, lobbying and oligarchy. great at changing outcomes even when the folks agree.
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#158I may be lambasted for saying this, but I do not believe that Fox (or any large media company, really) should be permitted to purchase direct access to the TV hardware of roughly 30-50% of american households.
RCA owned NBC until 1986, when it was bought by GE. GE soon exited the TV business, but retained NBC for another two decades.
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#160Earlier quoted context omitted.
Whats the relevancy here of which Fox subsidiary you did contract work for as it relates to the Roku offer?
These aren't subsidiaries of each other. They're different companies with different ownership. So the name Fox is ambiguous.
If you read the comments here i think you can determine without a doubt which Fox we're talking about. The unhinged came out in full force.