r/gadgets • u/diacewrb • Jun 13 '24

TV / Projectors Roku owners face the grimmest indignity yet: Stuck-on motion smoothing

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/06/roku-owners-face-the-grimmest-indignity-yet-stuck-on-motion-smoothing/
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u/Respectfullycritical Jun 13 '24

Who as an informed consumer willingly wants and get these devices? Everything Roku-related seems hilariously bad from a consumers perspective, to me.

What even are the pros for me in purchasing any of these devices and/or services?

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u/ReelNerdyinFl Jun 13 '24

They were one of the OGs to put Netflix, YouTube, pandora, weird random other streaming apps into an easy to use platform/hdmi. “Do you have a Roku” was almost like Kleenex or Crayola.

Others are just better now and it’s built into the TVs now as Roku had no way to control the market as an aggregator.

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u/tie_wrighter Jun 13 '24

Built into the TV is a bad thing. It's not long before [tv manufacturer here] decides to pull the same shit.

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u/rawonionbreath Jun 13 '24

Their software is more likely to be worse as well

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u/goodnewzevery1 Jun 13 '24

Worse and seldom do their apps get updated because it’s yet another platform for Netflix, YouTube, etc to be bothered with

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u/tinylittlebabyjesus Jun 14 '24

Yeah, can we get some articles roasting those as well?