we live in hell

I don’t even understand the pitch? you have the disc playing, in your hands, your ownership, no buffering, no subscription required. and they’re saying…hey do you want a worse experience?

    • quo@feddit.ukEnglish
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      11 months ago

      What company would pay Roku to scan for all shows over HDMI, and then offer a listing of any and all of streaming channels offering it?

      • frokie@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        11 months ago

        Those channels precisely. They get ad revenue when you watch it on their channels. If they can get Roku to bring them traffic, Roku would charge for that. No engineering effort goes unpaid.

        • quo@feddit.ukEnglish
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          11 months ago

          It shows all channels that have it, it brings you to their default search page.

          If they didn’t have it yet, why would you pay Roku to show you and your competitors?

          If they already had it, you’re already getting that traffic, so why pay them for nothing?

          Ads on smart TVs are a problem, but this is something Roku did on their own, it’s not a paid ad.