Well, I can't seem to find any statistics about the most sold (which would translate into most popular) and I readily admit that Roku's share has likely dropped over the years with more competition. Are they still "the" most popular? I don't know. Am I a Roku employee? Not at all. In fact I'm getting ready to retire from the federal government after 40 years as an air traffic controller.
Should they have used the term "channel" when they refer to an app? Absolutely not, and I don't know who's hair-brained idea that was. It is confusing to many users, and even Roku themselves are starting to refer to them as apps now. And then they label their own streaming service "The Roku Channel". Just adds to the confusion.
It also annoys me greatly that they keep reusing the same name on players that have significantly different internal components. The worst is "Ultra", since there's now seven different versions of that model. They've now also done it with "Express", as the latest 1080 Express player is completely different from past models. Plus they've muddied the waters with Express and Express 4K. In the past they had five different versions of a Roku 2, and two Roku 3 players.
Am I a fan of Roku? Yes I am. But I'm also not afraid to call them out when they do stupid things.
Dan
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