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Developer ends lucrative screensaver deal with Roku because Fox bought it (arstechnica.com)
submitted 2 days ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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today I fucking learned Roku is now a Murdoch Box.

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[–] 22 points 2 days ago (5 children)

My nephew has a Roku in his bedroom for the screen saver. He’s severely autistic. He is not good with change. Losing those damn fish will be a HUGE problem in that house.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 days ago (4 children)

    disconnect it from internet?

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  • [–] 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

    It already got the update and threw the warning and will flip it off by itself. I’m going to try and cavenga an old Pi or mini pc to run the OG screensaver version for him

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