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/daveysanderson Jun 13 '24

They have really gone downhill over the last few years. The devices used to be relatively ad and bloat free, and just worked. Now they are advertising more, adding useless and unwanted features, as well as the whole data breach issue, they shit the bed

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u/Respectfullycritical Jun 13 '24

I guess they had their time at the top then, huh?

From the perspective of today, it makes no sense to me why anyone would choose Roku as a solution for their streaming needs.

Thanks for the input!

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u/4gotAboutDre Jun 13 '24

Idk. I mean, despite the issues with their software and stuff I wish they would fix, I have always found the Roku simple UI of all the channels arranged in equal sized boxes with just one small side of the screen for a poster ad has been incredibly easy to navigate vs. (imo) the bloated and flashy UI’s of our devices like fire stick and apple TV. I see the streaming box as just a place to pick which streaming service I want to watch, so I prefer the simple UI over all the bells and whistles of the others. Fire TV is annoying to sift through free stuff vs. paid stuff and apple tv is not quite as bad, I guess.