HBO Max was released on May 27, 2020, and yet only the watered down HBO[Go] app with limited content is available on Roku.<p>I am extremely frustrated with Roku -- after nearly a decade of ownership of multiple Roku devices, I'm not sure if I'll remain loyal to the brand moving forward.<p>I use Roku because I like the hardware and the software and the ability to cut the cord on cable and subscribe to streaming services <i>a la carte</i>, and yet here I am again, entangled between media company politics.<p>I certainly didn't sign-up for Roku to be a gatekeeper -- I signed up because they were supposedly an agnostic ecosystem.<p>And in light of similar events among another tech giant, why does Roku feel they deserve such a large cut of the proverbial last-mile [Apple] pie versus content creators?