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[–] 11 points 4 months ago

Well this is a car crash waiting to happen... Roku's technology HQ is based in my home City of Cambridge UK. This is a very liberal area compared to a lot of the UK, or at least the kind of people who work for tech companies are. I can't imagine too many people are going to stick around for long after this.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago

    The cycle of enshitification is complete.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    I forget exactly what it was a few years ago, but there were signs that roku was going down the wrong path. Glad I never bought one now.

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  • [–] [B] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    roku is a dying brand and has been for awhile

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    They realized they could stay a profitable company as a hardware company. Unfortunately, they would only continue to make money and not make more and more money. So they switched from a hardware company to a content company because line go up.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    NewsCorp, now Fox, who owns Fox News. Not the Fox that Disney previously purchased.

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