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David Pierce Mar 6, 2023

After three months of watching TV with a sleeping baby, I've come to one important conclusion: streaming boxes suck. All of them. And that's a real bummer. https://www.theverge.com/23621907/streaming-tv-boxes-roku-amazon-google-apple-nvidia

All the streaming boxes suck now

Streaming boxes have gone from promising little gadgets to ubiquitous headaches. No matter if it’s a Roku, Amazon, Google, or even Apple device, they all suffer from poor user experiences that haven’t matured in the past decade.

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Craig Lee Mar 6, 2023

@pierce I read, "WHAT ABOUT THE SHIELD? THE SHIELD IS AMAZING." in Alex H. Cranz voice.

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Craig Lee

@pierce Longtime #Roku user here. It always sat in the middle of the Venn diagram of the services I have. Others always seemed to lack something. And the company always seemed not evil. However, I have a #Chromecast that Google sent during the feud over #YouTubeTV. Didn’t use it much until I recently needed a non-smart TV hooked up temporarily. I particularly liked how fast you could get to live TV on it. If I were starting over, it might be a hard choice. Do I want Google knowing even more about me? I’d also look hard again at Apple TV since we’re already strong in that ecosystem.