Fox buying streaming platform Roku in cash-and-stock deal worth about $22 billion

Comments

• anal_groove_parabola@lemmy.myserv.one ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Fuck. When does this shit end?

  source

  • rafoix@lemmy.zip ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Corporate consolidation is the capitalist end point. They can’t run the business any better so they make it bigger and fire more people.

    source

    • Sludgehammer@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      And eventually there’s just one company left, so you have no choice but to buy from them no matter how expensive or slapdash their product.

      source

      • -> View More Comments
  • avidamoeba@lemmy.ca ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    When the revolution comes. Not necessarily through violent means but necessarily overthrowing capitalism.

    source

    • defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Either that or when there’s a single corporate conglomerate that owns everything.

      source
• kaidenshi@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  A match made in hell. Roku went to shit the day they prevented your already purchased and used device from working unless you agreed to their new Draconian terms. I hope Fox loses every cent of that $22bln.

  source

  • zergtoshi@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    They don’t want to make money.
    They want more means to brainwash people.

    source

    • fleem@piefed.zeromedia.vip ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      millions of microphones across america

      source
  • CentipedeFarrier@piefed.social ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Im so glad mine were blocked from the internet when that came out. I factory reset them and they never got internet access again.

    Am I ticked I cant use my smart TV as a smart TV? Sure. Am I glad I got it before that agree-or-brick? Absolutely.

    source
• faltryka@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Are there any good open source tv os options? I’ve been using Roku forever to avoid manufacturer bloat and and because it blends subs, plex, and antenna so well.

  source

  • Equinox1289@sh.itjust.works ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    If it’s any consideration, I’m trying to build one, but KDE Big Screen should be coming out soon.

    source
  • jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yeah people talk about building your own with rpi and a Linux desktop. I’m looking for something with a remote control, not a mouse pointer, with a UI designed to be used with a remote control, not a mouse pointer, that will run things like emby / jellyfin. Maybe a DirectTV app or other streaming apps. Anyone know of such a thing?

    source

    • NekoKoneko@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      See my comment below - ONN Google TV box with Projectivy launcher installed has no ads and full access to anything on Google Play (or, for now, F-Droid or alternative app stores).

      source
  • _fryerDan@sh.itjust.works ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The degoogle subreddit has posts about Android tv, what devices and software to use

    source
  • NekoKoneko@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The best cheap and easy option at the moment appears to be ONN Google TV boxes, which you can install Projectivy as an ad-free launcher on. The AI-fueled price bloat is making the newest models hard to find, though.

    source
  • fleem@piefed.zeromedia.vip ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    android TV kinda sucks,

    i wish Kodi and its addons were getting more traction. Kodi is powerful and capable.

    I need to give Slyguy some money!

    source
• BeUnique@lemmy.zip ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Roku is such trash. Normalizing a locked down “OS” with ads on the screen. I guarantee Fox will make it so much worse! When the time comes to buy a new TV, I’ll for sure be going with literally anything without the Roku OS on it.

  I just wanna stream from my android and run 3rd party apps for fuck sakes. I bought the product, I should be able to choose what I do with it.

  source
• BigDiction@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Well that’s a shame. Will be disappointed to see them destroy the utopian advertising friendly paradise of Roku City.

  source