@terrylsanders, I fail to see any reason why anyone other than a developer needs to enable developer mode. Can you explain why you see the need to side-load an app to 10,000 devices? If your channel/app is legal then just create a private channel and install it properly.
Perhaps I'm misunderstanding the issue. Are you saying your device gets locked when you're trying to develop your legal channel/app? If so, take it up with http://partnersuccess.roku.com
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