Great insight, I really enjoyed reading both your comments.
The lack of HTML/CSS/Java limits a ton of functionality, but it's not your priority as a game dev, which is fine. It's functionality you can easily get with android TV if you need it, too.
And, don't get me wrong, they're plenty powerful. But by comparison to other platforms like Quest or Steam? That's what I meant, people are drawn to those platforms when they think gaming, and not Roku. Roku would have to change their ecosystem, support, and invest heavily in the development, and that's a hilarious concept while they're doing a quality fade.
They built up a reputation and loyalty, now it's time to increase profit and cut costs. This is standard playbook stuff for this market.
Strong evidence points towards it: outsourcing more of their development as time goes on, cheapening their hardware, reducing customer service, and replacing them with us. That's why they just put more capital into this site. It's far cheaper than real customer support, just like these perks for their expert program.
It's really no surprise they treat devs poorly, even if it's just via lack of support and stagnation and not directly.
