Yes, let the enshitification begin.

I have never seen a mergre like this not lead to anything but a money grab. They will no doubt remove things like PlutoTV, which is free, and substitutte it with more subscription apps and more data collection

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mleo 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Begin? I haven’t heard anything positive about Roku in 10 years or so. They had to race to the bottom to compete with Amazon and Google. And maybe they mostly survived til now, but all I hear is complaints about ads.

	▲	SamBam 7 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Nah. I have a Roku 3 stick and a brand-new $700 projector with Google TV. The Roku 3 is light-years ahead in terms of speed and UI ergonomics over the Google machine. And both are better than the smart TVs I've used. But I fear this need means this time is ending, and we'll only be left with crap.
	▲	legitster 7 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		I think the complaint about ads is mostly a knee-jerk reaction by certain online communities. The ads are not particularly obnoxious - they are always off to the side and don't interfere in navigation in any way. Furthermore, I'm on a Roku looking for content and the ads highlight content. It's not that different than seeing posters on the way to a movie theater.
	▲	airstrike 7 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		my household and extended family has been running on roku for literally over a decade, in multiple countries, and not one person has complained. all of us, myself included, are perfectly happy with it

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nerdsniper 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I’d be shocked if the Jellyfin App survives this. Plex probably will, as a for-profit company it has the war chest to buy placement/attention/app approval. But i prefer jellyfin because it doesnt try to sell me anything or tell me what to watch.

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maxerickson 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Fox owns Tubi, which has a similar model to PlutoTV.