TheSmJ
TheSmJ t1_iwsszew wrote
Reply to comment by stumpcity in Roku to Lay Off 200 Employees, Cutting Headcount by 7% by MarvelsGrantMan136
Streaming isn't on its last breath. The market for stand-alone "streaming boxes" is. The vast majority of people use their TV for that now.
That just leaves the Roku app, and there needs to be a reason to launch the app for it to be of any value.
You want to take a stab at what that reason is?
TheSmJ t1_iwso3kr wrote
Reply to comment by stumpcity in Roku to Lay Off 200 Employees, Cutting Headcount by 7% by MarvelsGrantMan136
>not letting their software/hardware suck in comparison to competitors in that space. > >Which they did.
Because the market is on its last breath. There's no future there.
TheSmJ t1_iwsmvo6 wrote
Reply to comment by stumpcity in Roku to Lay Off 200 Employees, Cutting Headcount by 7% by MarvelsGrantMan136
No, seriously, what are their other options? If not content creation, or the dying set top box market?
I don't give a shit about the execs. Let's hear some of your ideas.
TheSmJ t1_iwskzrf wrote
Reply to comment by stumpcity in Roku to Lay Off 200 Employees, Cutting Headcount by 7% by MarvelsGrantMan136
Oh then by all means please explain what those other options are, in the most condescending way you can muster for those of us who don't understand them nearly as well as you do.
TheSmJ t1_iwsfdti wrote
Reply to comment by stumpcity in Roku to Lay Off 200 Employees, Cutting Headcount by 7% by MarvelsGrantMan136
They were losing platform domination because their platform (the set top box) was no longer necessary. They have an app for smart TVs, but nobody needs to use their app on the smart TV to stream Netflix, because there's already an app for that on the TV.
Their only option was content.
TheSmJ t1_iwsckyw wrote
Reply to comment by stumpcity in Roku to Lay Off 200 Employees, Cutting Headcount by 7% by MarvelsGrantMan136
>No, that's backwards. The product declined BECAUSE they tried to shift to content production.
Based on what evidence? Smart TVs have been replacing the need for set top boxes like Roku's for the last decade. They're simply unnecessary for the vast majority of people who have a newish TV.
TheSmJ t1_iwrzn2z wrote
Reply to comment by stumpcity in Roku to Lay Off 200 Employees, Cutting Headcount by 7% by MarvelsGrantMan136
> the product anyone actually cares about - the streambox itself - is declining.
Hence why Roku is trying to shift into content production.
They never had any other possible moves aside from maybe creating their own line of smart TVs, which would be a much harder market to compete in.
TheSmJ t1_j5g8jsk wrote
Reply to comment by PM_me_ur_goth_tiddys in [Homemade] Crispy Air Fryer Buffalo-style Chicken Wings by elcelt
I have a convection toaster oven and an air fryer. They're not even remotely comparable.
The air speed in the convection oven is a gentle breeze. The air fryer is a hurricane.
The time it takes to bake something in the convection oven is a tad faster than the time it takes in our standard oven (ignoring pre-heat times because the standard oven is much larger). The air fryer takes half the amount of time than the convection oven, while also giving the food a very even "crispyness" that you can't get from either of the ovens.