My guess is no. They have 80 million users. How many use this deprecated api? A tenth of 1 percent would be generous. I doubt it's even a blip on their radar.
This is absurd and unbelievable. Also this is not at all a small segment of users. Every single control system and app is blocked for Roku all of a sudden with no warning and no alternative API? Let’s start with who is getting fired for this debacle! I could see this affecting stock price depending on how this goes. This is one of the most functional and simplest control APIs in existence and a huge feature for Roku. I have to say I’m still in the camp aiming this must be a stupid bug because someone would need to be fired to do something as stupid as removing this.
As an integration dealer of Control4, Crestron and URC we have been getting a lot of calls about this situation from our clients. Oddly enough it is not affecting all Roku players. I have 4 Roku players at my own home ranging in models (new and a few years old) and have not had any issues yet, full control of all 4 Roku players. I'm sure I just jinxed myself. We have hundreds if not thousands of clients using Roku players on automated systems. This is kind of a big deal. Similar to the debacle Apple did with the AppleTV players several years back. Lets hope they get this figured out soon!
Well let's not go overboard with the reactions. Let's keep the question at the bottom: will this be addressed or not?
