Don't worry, there will be a small monthly subscription of $9.99 to disable them! Or if you buy the new Roku Plus Extreme you can opt-out of personalized ads! What more could you want?
And then they will decide that no-ads should actually be slightly less ads instead. And if you are still using that Rolu Plus Extreme after two years, you don't deserve to be able to opt out anymore.
In my grandparent comment I mentioned “fairly priced products” - if the price (including ad removal) is fair and the product is good, I have no problems with paying.
What's a reasonable amount, in your opinion, to disable ads on a piece of hardware you purchased (i.e a Roku) to watch your own locally streamed media?
If that was added after I bought the product, zero for sure. If I knew about the cost upfront - whatever I’d be fine with at the time of purchase. Then again, likely a competing device without a subscription would be of better value.
The amount of money that Roku is making, as well as their market cap, are utterly irrelevant, and the only reason you're bringing them up is a manipulative tactic to divert attention from the fact that the vast majority of Roku's revenue comes from ads and streaming.
More lies and emotional manipulation. Neither of my comments were personal attacks - they were clearly directed at the text of your comments, as someone who actually read them could tell.
> Perhaps you need to calm down and realize you're the one who mentioned finances.
This is utterly nonsensical. "There's no viable revenue source for content creators if you neither pay them directly nor run ads" is a true statement of fact that's relevant to the discussion. A sarcastic, pleading, emotionally manipulative comment such as
> Ah yes. Roku, the company with an $8.65B market cap and constant year-on-year revenue growth of at least 11%, is going to go bankrupt unless they show you ads when you pause the screen.
...is neither logical, nor relevant, nor is related in any way whatsoever to my response.
