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by phillipcarter 1197 days ago
> Roku (who I have never heard of as a consumer)

Roku's been around for a very long time building decent streaming boxes for TVs that don't cost too much. I've been a customer since Netflix started streaming.

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I only know about Roku for three reasons.

I had to work on third party software supporting their boxes nearly eight years ago.

They were a meme stock for a bit. I made a small profit since I bought a few shares after I first learned about them.

And some eng director there randomly added me on LinkedIn years ago.

I would have never encountered them as a regular consumer, because I don't watch TV or use any streaming services.