Still following this thread and find it interesting. Obviously, many sides to this issue.
I have a suggestion for your consideration.
First things first. Google is a massive business, but Roku’s no slouch either. Both sides probably have legitimate business objectives they are trying to achieve. Roku is saying Google wants this and that. Google says that’s not true. The problem is we do not have the real facts from either side. Let’s change that. Let’s get the facts.
Roku was the first to contact me on this issue, soliciting my support against Google’s demands. Since Roku was the first to ask for my support, how about Roku giving us the facts. Roku, post the actual agreement text that you have issue with. Word for word. Quote / Unquote. You can always redact anything truly confidential, but keep the redactions to a minimum. Once the actual agreement text in question is in the public domain, Google can respond. They can deny that the text exists (in which case, Roku can simply delete the text – issue resolved). Or Google can provide their own interpretation of the text. Or Google can say, wait a minute, the agreement text at issue is as follows – and they can provide their own disclosure of actual agreement text.
Bottom line. None of us have the facts of this situation. Until we have the facts, we can debate forever.
That’s my suggestion. Come on Roku, disclose the actual text of the agreement that you have a problem with. Make Google respond publicly and allow your customers to decide who has the better case.
