235
Fox to Acquire Roku in $22 Billion Deal (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
59 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 3 points 4 months ago (4 children)

I primarily use my Roku TV to cast my phone screen so I can watch things that aren't native to Roku's OS: Twitch, pirated stuff, etc.

Wonder if this change will impact me. I'd wager Roku still tracks what I cast to my screen, so it's probably best to look into a better solution like a dumb TV + Raspberry Pi or something

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 4 child comments
    •
  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    I've been thinking of putting miniPCs on my TVs and getting rid of Roku. This might be the tipping point

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Running a mini PC with drive partitions for Linux and Android TV sounds like a super good idea, you're right.

    Anybody have any recommendations for mini PCs? Are Raspberry Pis good enough for someone who barely tinkers with a Framework laptop?

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •
  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    I ended up factory resetting mine and never connected it to the internet again to avoid the ads/slowdown from updates and probable surveillance. The user experience is way better treating it as a dumb TV and attaching a RPI or laptop to it

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent