My blender manufacturer has retroactively revoked my ability to make smoothies, and my auto manufacturer says I am no longer able to transport groceries.
People are saying Roku printed it on the box, said it in ads, etc. If that's true, then surely it was Roku's decision. And if Roku promised something pre-sale that they can't deliver post-sale, who cares why? That's Roku's problem, not the buyer's problem.
OTOH, a big part of me is tempted to mention a little consumer common sense: proprietary streaming was made to be broken. It can't be generally interoperable, because that would defeat the whole point! When yo
Set top boxes and such are marketed to the general public like those that bought DVD and VCRs that couldn't figure out how to fix the flash 12:00.... no way they would know what NFS, SMB/CIFS, DLNA, etc.is...
However I doubt the ROKU box guaranteed "for life" or even for region. For example I bought mine and it had a "Prime" button and it printed on the box... Prime was not available via ROKU in Canada... did the box support it? Yup, if I VPN it would work. Due to stupid rules it wasn't allowed in Canada for the longest time (on the ROKU).... contacted ROKU and they said it was out of their control it was Amazon that was region blocking. And I think ROKU has to walk a line here because it gets into regional copyright and broadcasting laws... so they leave it to the channel producers to figure out, so if people are streaming stuff on the ROKU in CountryX via Prime when Prime doesn't have the rights to stream that particular content in CountryX Prime that gets in trouble not ROKU.
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This. It was sold with that capability clearly advertised on the actual box. Implied that it would be for the functional life of the product.
Class action waiting to happen. And hopefully this will sort out anyone else trying the same shit.
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Who do you sue? ROKU? It wasn't their decision. They can't stop it. Google? Was it Google that promised lifetime support on ROKU?
However this means I will not be using google as all I have is a ROKU and Apple TV box.
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People are saying Roku printed it on the box, said it in ads, etc. If that's true, then surely it was Roku's decision. And if Roku promised something pre-sale that they can't deliver post-sale, who cares why? That's Roku's problem, not the buyer's problem.
OTOH, a big part of me is tempted to mention a little consumer common sense: proprietary streaming was made to be broken. It can't be generally interoperable, because that would defeat the whole point! When yo
Re:In other news (Score:1)
Set top boxes and such are marketed to the general public like those that bought DVD and VCRs that couldn't figure out how to fix the flash 12:00.... no way they would know what NFS, SMB/CIFS, DLNA, etc.is...
However I doubt the ROKU box guaranteed "for life" or even for region. For example I bought mine and it had a "Prime" button and it printed on the box... Prime was not available via ROKU in Canada... did the box support it? Yup, if I VPN it would work. Due to stupid rules it wasn't allowed in Canada for the longest time (on the ROKU).... contacted ROKU and they said it was out of their control it was Amazon that was region blocking. And I think ROKU has to walk a line here because it gets into regional copyright and broadcasting laws... so they leave it to the channel producers to figure out, so if people are streaming stuff on the ROKU in CountryX via Prime when Prime doesn't have the rights to stream that particular content in CountryX Prime that gets in trouble not ROKU.