Is there anything we can do as the community to try to save the Haystack News screensaver? I love it so much. I wake up every morning and get to read the news briefs to know what's going on both around the world and in my backyard.
Really hate the idea that they're gonna have to get rid of it because of a Roku policy.
I don't want to lose this screen saver it's so awesome
I may result into other and not use roku if haystack goes away.
I just emailed the "Content Director" at SEconomou@roku.com. Hopefully I'll get a response. I HATE to think of stupid digital screensavers!
I hope ROKU reconsiders removing or altering ANY of HAYSTACK News on “Roku platform”. Roku has been the best streaming product. However as a consumer i do have other streaming platforms options. I would like to remain loyaI to Roku Only if HAYSTACK need and screensaver continues to work
I fully agree. Roku is shooting themselves in the foot. By creating trivial policies that cause the loss of whatever truly valuable content available on Roku, they are eliminating the advantage of using their product over the competition.
I give up the view of my security cameras on some of my TV'S that I would get with Amazon Firestick in order to have Haystack News Screensaver through Roku.
If Roku continues with their stupidity and removes Hastack News Screensaver I will remove the six Roku devices I am currently using.
The Roku system has been working just find with Haystack news... obviously there is no truly good reason for Roku to do what they are doing othet than some manager their lacks wisdom.
Investors take note: when you see a company like Roku employing managers and policy makers who lack wisdom, you know the company's stocks are about to hit the floor.
What policy? Where did you hear it was going away?
It's on the Haystack screensaver, a notice that it's going away due to Roku not allowing a screensaver to be bundled with an app (???)...
It's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard in my life. God forbid there's actually a USEFUL screensaver instead of some digital fish. I mean, SERIOUSLY...
I'll just add this little factoid onto the list of reasons to use GoogleTV or FireCube exclusively. I don't know what's happening at Roku for the past year or two, but they HAVE to realize how many people are going elsewhere...
This is what happens when a company gets too big for it's britches. Talking about roku.
I suggest you all contact Roku so that they come to their senses. Roku will likely be pulled from many retails stores as a vast number of customers complain.
Roku may not survive this backlash if they do not come to their senses quickly.
No customers should be passive about what Roku is doing. The customers are the boss as Roku will soon come to understand.
They may take a serious hit in their stock peices.
We saw the results of Bud Lights bad decisions, let's hope that Roku can be saved from their bad decisions. So far they have been a good company but this may be the result of one stupid head manager within Roku.
Update: when Bud Light made bad decions recently, both the marketing director Alissa Heinersheid and her boss Daniel Blake were pushed out the door of the company. We don't know if their are on paid leave but the backlash is serious. The parent company lost $17 billion in market cap.
Roku will likely lose some of it's key management as a result of their latest stunt ... let's hope their survive the backlash as Roku has been a good company up until the day they started manipulating key features for which helped sell their devises.
If Haystack news is removed as a Screensaver, I will personally be compelled to demand local retails stores from selling there streaming devices and any televisions equipped with Roku.
These posts need to go far and wise so that Roku understands the importance of treating their customers with honor and respect.
As someone said above, many of us don't want fish scrolling across our screens, we want useful information on our screens. We can get a fish tank in our homes for fish. Out televisions are for content we consider to be important.
Haystack news delivers quality content and if Roku is not about understanding our needs, we need to stand up to their nonsense. They will stumble just as Bud Light stumbled.
The news will soon come out about the details of which management were involved with Roku's bad decisions. People will not be satisfied with a simple apology. They will want to see those managers removed from their positions because they lack good judgment.
If Roku has bad management making such important decisions, investors will feel their is instability in the company.
Roku should act fast to assure everyone that their poor decision to remove Haystack News Screensaver has been rectified and that the culprits within Roku have been permanently removed.
This is why I came to Roku's site today. I am also getting the persistent notification with QR code that "due to Roku platform requirements" the Haystack news screen saver will soon be unavailable. I don't like this at all. I could very well stop using Roku as a platform because of this.
I agree. I bought their devices to put on all my televisions because of this Haystack Screensaver. The benefit for Roku is that I also then use their device to watch Roku content, Disney, Apple, Amazon, Paramount, etc. If Roku does disable Haystack, I will go back to using Amazon Firsticks and Google TV devices.
I have all these devices but chose to use Roku for the Haystack Screensaver.
Sometimes having news and weather scroll by with pictures and sources is perfect. I'd like to keep it has part of my Roku experience. It has a calming effect on me.
Has anyone asked Haystack why they don't just create a stand-alone screensaver? Seems like a simple solution.
