Fox to buy Roku

[rcjordan]

https://boingboing.net/2026/06/15/fox-buys-the-henhouse.html

AAAaaccckkk!

[ergophobe]

>> Nobody spends $22 billion because they love restraint


Quote of the day

[Brad]

>Fox to buy Roku

Well, that kills Roku for me.

[rcjordan]

To get my wife off cable I was a very early adopter of Roku.  (I do not watch tv.)  But over the years she has moved away from 'big screen' tv viewing which uses the Roku and now watches a hodgepodge of youtube, NFL Gamepass and such on her ipad & phone.  I don't think she's fired up the Roku so far this year at all.

Upon first seeing the Roku-Fox article in her feeds, Debbie's immediate thought was that the Murdocks took this thread to heart;

When Monday Night Football streams with a subscription...
https://th3core.com/chat/index.php?topic=16.0

Personally, though I have no use for Roku I am feeling very boxed in by the sales of our various media.