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Re: Roku LT Operating System open source distribution

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Post by jon-wood »

dsign wrote: post #25

I wonder what would make this better (for some use cases at least) than venerable FreeRTOS? Or Zephyr? Or any of the other many, many RTOSes? In particular, the ESP32 comes with top notch documentation and SDKs that will make beginners at least want to stay with Espressif's modified RTOS for a while.

That's also what I was wondering. What problems is this custom RTOS solving that all the other ones don't, or is it in fact just that some Roku engineers decided they needed some job security and having an OS nobody else uses would be a good path to that?

Re: Roku LT Operating System open source distribution

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Post by ornornor »

FloatArtifact wrote: post #15

Open source all you want! It doesn't change the fact that they're spying the contents of your screen no matter what input is being used with Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) technology https://docs.roku.com/published/acrservicepolicy/en/CA

Samsung does that too and use it to sell you stuff, show you ads, and retarget you across devices! (Not saying it’s a good thing, but rather pointing out how common this is)

Re: Roku LT Operating System open source distribution

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Post by dubcanada »

phantomathkg wrote: post #16
aturek wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Brightscript could have been worse! And much, much better, as well

How could it be better? Brightscript is a proprietary language that serves nothing but a low power STB.

On hackers news a technology focused platform where custom weird languages thrive. You're complaining about a company who the original developer made their own language.

Isn't this exactly how all of the other languages where created?

Re: Roku LT Operating System open source distribution

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Post by mijoharas »

ornornor wrote: post #32
FloatArtifact wrote: post #15

Open source all you want! It doesn't change the fact that they're spying the contents of your screen no matter what input is being used with Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) technology https://docs.roku.com/published/acrservicepolicy/en/CA

Samsung does that too and use it to sell you stuff, show you ads, and retarget you across devices! (Not saying it’s a good thing, but rather pointing out how common this is)

I'm really sick of the enshittification of smart TV's.

A while after I've had my LG TV, and found every arcane different menu you need to remove all the ads. They started sending me ads via the notification pop-up.

This continued even after finding and removing the consent for advertising (that I'd missed in one of the consent pop-ups.)

I've considered and looked into "dumb" TVs, but I don't think they're for me. I just want one that's not enshittified!

Re: Roku LT Operating System open source distribution

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Post by cryo32 »

mijoharas wrote: post #34
ornornor wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Samsung does that too and use it to sell you stuff, show you ads, and retarget you across devices! (Not saying it’s a good thing, but rather pointing out how common this is)

I'm really sick of the enshittification of smart TV's. A while after I've had my LG TV, and found every arcane different menu you need to remove all the ads. They started sending me ads via the notification pop-up. This continued even after finding and removing the consent for advertising (that I'd missed in one of the consent pop-ups.) I've considered and looked into "dumb" TVs, but I don't think they're for me. I j…

I just don't bother with television full stop.

Re: Roku LT Operating System open source distribution

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Post by surajrmal »

mijoharas wrote: post #34
ornornor wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Samsung does that too and use it to sell you stuff, show you ads, and retarget you across devices! (Not saying it’s a good thing, but rather pointing out how common this is)

I'm really sick of the enshittification of smart TV's. A while after I've had my LG TV, and found every arcane different menu you need to remove all the ads. They started sending me ads via the notification pop-up. This continued even after finding and removing the consent for advertising (that I'd missed in one of the consent pop-ups.) I've considered and looked into "dumb" TVs, but I don't think they're for me. I j…

This is not "enshittification". That implies it's gotten worse over time. Smart TVs have been doing this from the beginning.

Re: Roku LT Operating System open source distribution

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Post by [deleted] »

cryo32 wrote: post #35
mijoharas wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm really sick of the enshittification of smart TV's. A while after I've had my LG TV, and found every arcane different menu you need to remove all the ads. They started sending me ads via the notification pop-up. This continued even after finding and removing the consent for advertising (that I'd missed in one of the consent pop-ups.) I've considered and looked into "dumb" TVs, but I don't think they're for me. I j…

I just don't bother with television full stop.

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Re: Roku LT Operating System open source distribution

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Post by Geroke »

cryo32 wrote: post #35
mijoharas wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm really sick of the enshittification of smart TV's. A while after I've had my LG TV, and found every arcane different menu you need to remove all the ads. They started sending me ads via the notification pop-up. This continued even after finding and removing the consent for advertising (that I'd missed in one of the consent pop-ups.) I've considered and looked into "dumb" TVs, but I don't think they're for me. I j…

I just don't bother with television full stop.

I can't say I have either since they tried to change the format to cinema from electronic theatre.

Re: Roku LT Operating System open source distribution

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Post by imglorp »

FloatArtifact wrote: post #15

Open source all you want! It doesn't change the fact that they're spying the contents of your screen no matter what input is being used with Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) technology https://docs.roku.com/published/acrservicepolicy/en/CA

Is this their dongles, TVs, or both?

Re: Roku LT Operating System open source distribution

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Post by ornornor »

mijoharas wrote: post #34
ornornor wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Samsung does that too and use it to sell you stuff, show you ads, and retarget you across devices! (Not saying it’s a good thing, but rather pointing out how common this is)

I'm really sick of the enshittification of smart TV's. A while after I've had my LG TV, and found every arcane different menu you need to remove all the ads. They started sending me ads via the notification pop-up. This continued even after finding and removing the consent for advertising (that I'd missed in one of the consent pop-ups.) I've considered and looked into "dumb" TVs, but I don't think they're for me. I j…

FWIW I’m pretty happy with my Panasonic OLED (2019 model), it has totally optional smart features (ie it has a Netflix app), works well offline, and turns on instantly.
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