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huntmarv
Level 8

Prime and YouTube being taken from Roku

Roku... If you lose YouTube and Prime you will lose me and thousands of other customers. I will switch to Fire Stick. I'll just leave it at that. 

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Skunk
Level 9

Re: Prime and YouTube being taken from Roku

Count me in.  Roku, the only service you provide is bringing together services that actually do provide something.  Without them, you're literally nothing.  Stop playing chicken with the companies that provide for you and stop screwing your customers over.  

huntmarv
Level 8

Re: Prime and YouTube being taken from Roku

Amen to that. Netflix sucks with the GEO blocking that brings us **bleep** foreign films. I refuse to pay for trash. Roku will take a big hit if they lose the live affairs with YouTube and Prime. 

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atc98092
Community Streaming Expert

Re: Prime and YouTube being taken from Roku

If Roku is being truthful about the reasons for their disagreement with Google (YouTube), I take their side. As to Prime, I don't think there's anything set in stone about that. Perhaps Amazon will also pull their content. 

But remember one thing about both Google and Amazon. They both sell competing hardware, as well as being content providers. Certainly they'd prefer you buy their hardware over Roku. Personally, I hate the Amazon-centric user interface of the Fire TV. And the Google TV user interface is annoying as well. I have it on my Nvidia Shield players, and I hate the way they've taken over the home screen. 

It's entirely possible the government will have something to say about unfair practices by restricting where their content is available. 

Dan

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