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Fox Corporation to Acquire Roku for $22B (investor.foxcorporation.com)
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[–] 7 points 1 month ago (1 child)

This is more or less confirming it. Roku's been in a death spiral for a while, and I saw that ads were showing on the home page now.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    That's a shame, I didn't know they were in a death spiral. As far as I know they provide the best "plug into HDMI, get streaming video" product out there and it's not even close.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    They do sadly, and that's not saying Roku is good, it's saying how terrible everything else is. I now have 2 custom setups at home to avoid it, but I am a fraction of a fraction of their watchers.

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    • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    I've never run a Roku. But I know some folks that have one and aren't such a fan of Fox. So I let them know. Because the same company that allows Fox News to spew their shit, now owns your device.

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