Some_Emo_Chick@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoFox Is Buying Roku in $22 Billion Dealvariety.comexternal-linkmessage-square192linkfedilinkarrow-up1572arrow-down17
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minus-squareofficermike@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·3 months agoIt would certainly be a shame if some rogue Roku employee deployed an update that stripped ads and broke automatic updates for all devices right after Fox finalizes the deal but before they get anything out of it.
minus-squareadarza@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 months agothat’s a nice idea, but when they catch-on it probably wouldn’t survive six months before breaking changes are implemented on the backend somewhere.
minus-squareWhyJiffie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoaaand then they just broke millions of TVs. there goes the brand recognition
minus-squarequeerlilhayseed@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 months agoI’d settle for a crack so I can make it a plain ole linux htpc. Bonus points if I can configure the remote.
minus-squareteyrnon@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·3 months agoOn the day of the handover lock it up with ransomware.
It would certainly be a shame if some rogue Roku employee deployed an update that stripped ads and broke automatic updates for all devices right after Fox finalizes the deal but before they get anything out of it.
that’s a nice idea, but when they catch-on it probably wouldn’t survive six months before breaking changes are implemented on the backend somewhere.
aaand then they just broke millions of TVs. there goes the brand recognition
I’d settle for a crack so I can make it a plain ole linux htpc.
Bonus points if I can configure the remote.
On the day of the handover lock it up with ransomware.