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Roku's winning strategy is ads. What's Apple's?

2 pointsby bentocorp19 days ago

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dtagames19 days ago
I got a big Roku 4K TV for next to nothing on a holiday deal 3 years ago. It works great. The ads aren&#x27;t intrusive and it handles power and input switching (and auto HDR and game modes) from my two game consoles.<p>The mobile app is good, too. It can turn on the set, pick a channel, and start a show just from the search box.<p>They also have a surprising amount of their own content which plays on the TV or the mobile app, including good stuff they&#x27;ve licensed that&#x27;s not popular enough for the big boys to carry, like Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
mattl19 days ago
I’ve never used a Roku device that didn’t feel very laggy and slow to use. I get they’re cheap but family who have one have replaced them a couple of times.<p>I bought an Apple TV seven years ago and it’s doing just fine. I have no reason to worry about it.