[only_as_i_fall]

I've used an old roku express, a roku TV and a new 4k roku (forget what the model was but it was made in 2020) and they all have the same app problems

Disney plus crashes more often than not in any given watching session.

Hbo Max tends to crash on the menu about 50% of the time.

Netflix crashes fairly often but not as bad as those other two.

I think it's still the best single solution for streaming but they really do need some quality control on their apps.

Having to wait for your TV to restart in the middle of a movie is never great.

[tssva]

I have used a Roku Express, Roku Premiere+ and now have 2 4k TCL Roku TVs. I have never had an app crash and use Netflix, Disney+ and HBO Max regularly.

[TranquilMarmot]

On my 4K TCL TV, I've had quite a few issues with the Roku Netflix and Hulu appa... occasionally in Netflix it will just show garbled data whenever you try and play something, or on Hulu it will just refuse to actually start a show (I've noticed this happens mostly with only very specific series...) Solution is usually to restart the TV. Never had any issues while it's actually in the middle of playing anything though.

[Wistar]

This has been my experience as well, at least with my TCLs. Never had a crash despite using Netflix, Disney+ and YouTube.

[aksss]

My second Roku from many years ago (first angry birds one) will crash occasionally using Netflix, will crash hard and reboot itself. Probably a thermal issue. Pretty anemic performance too. I think the software now just stresses the old hardware to the max. But to their credit, it was still receiving updates and worked. Finally retired it and replaced with new version and haven’t had it crash yet.

[addicted]

Are you sure it’s a crash? I used to think my apps were crashing until my remote batteries ran out and I was too lazy to replace them using the phone app instead.

And I noticed the “crashes” disappeared. Turns out there’s a bug with my remote that seems to automatically send a home signal to the device. But it’s also strange because it affected different apps differently.

I rarely saw it with Netflix. But YT was almost guaranteed.