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flamin lib

(14,559 posts)
Sun Feb 25, 2018, 12:36 PM Feb 2018

Just dashed this off to ROKU customer support:

I see that Roku offers NRA tv and just about any other NRA programming available.

I have two ROKU devices. If I do not see a change in your support for the NRA I will be sending both of them back to you after disabling them such that they cannot be re-conditioned and offered for sale at a discount.

I am NOT the NRA and I'm 325,000,000 strong.
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Just dashed this off to ROKU customer support: (Original Post) flamin lib Feb 2018 OP
Good for you mainstreetonce Feb 2018 #1
While I don't like the NRA or NRA tv... the problem with Roku is... mwooldri Feb 2018 #2
Thank you for your smart post. Ferrets are Cool Feb 2018 #13
As I understand it the streaming boxes negotiate with services to provide their services-- flamin lib Feb 2018 #17
As far as Roku is concerned... mwooldri Feb 2018 #22
OK, if that's how it works I'll promote that after I hear back from flamin lib Feb 2018 #24
Ditto... LovingA2andMI Feb 2018 #3
I must say that until a day or two ago I had no idea there was such thing as NRA TV. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2018 #4
Yeah, me either hermetic Feb 2018 #10
That sounds a lot like the kurig fiasco Egnever Feb 2018 #5
Exactly. This sounds specious. displacedtexan Feb 2018 #6
It is a protest against ROKU for receiving NRA TV. Sophia4 Feb 2018 #11
It just doesn't seem like a very smart form of protest. Atman Feb 2018 #20
+1 n/t tammywammy Feb 2018 #8
From what I've heard,Roku has dropped NRA tv. nt TwistOneUp Feb 2018 #7
No LeftInTX Feb 2018 #23
The main reason I bought a Roku 4 years ago, it didn't have to be returned. sarcasmo Feb 2018 #9
It's a protest. You know, putting money where your mouth is? Depriving them of any further flamin lib Feb 2018 #18
It's not just ROKU DesertRat Feb 2018 #12
Please make this an OP. If I missed it others did too so repost as a flamin lib Feb 2018 #19
Just added a post in the Activism Group DesertRat Feb 2018 #21
I don't understand this completely....are you going to return smart tv Ferrets are Cool Feb 2018 #14
Be prepared to pay for damaging the equipment. n/t Lil Missy Feb 2018 #15
Yeah thats the samplegirl Feb 2018 #16

mwooldri

(10,303 posts)
2. While I don't like the NRA or NRA tv... the problem with Roku is...
Sun Feb 25, 2018, 12:50 PM
Feb 2018

... that it is an open platform.

Anyone can create a Roku channel, and make it available. Roku channels are either public (in the listings that you see) or private (you need to go online to your Roku account and add an access code).

IMO the NRA TV Roku channel should go private. Along with similar channels. You can't have a porn channel on the Roku public listing... they're all private.

flamin lib

(14,559 posts)
17. As I understand it the streaming boxes negotiate with services to provide their services--
Sun Feb 25, 2018, 02:52 PM
Feb 2018

that's why not every device delivers every service.

If I cancel all my services, get a different device and re-subscribe on the new device Roku doesn't see any revenue from the services I use.

I might be wrong, but that's my understanding of the business model.

mwooldri

(10,303 posts)
22. As far as Roku is concerned...
Sun Feb 25, 2018, 08:25 PM
Feb 2018

I've always understood them to be a hardware and streaming platform provider - not into content. My first Roku only had Netflix on it... Then came Amazon... and all the rest.

Anyone who has the skill, content and means to serve up streaming content can have a Roku channel. We could even have DU TV on Roku.

So NRA TV on Roku... Taking it down is probably a no go. But people can install the channel, rate it down to 1 star and then remove it. That can push it down the rankings.

 

Egnever

(21,506 posts)
5. That sounds a lot like the kurig fiasco
Sun Feb 25, 2018, 01:00 PM
Feb 2018

If you want to destroy stuff you paid for be my guest but I see little different in your choice from the idiots that smashed their kurig.

displacedtexan

(15,696 posts)
6. Exactly. This sounds specious.
Sun Feb 25, 2018, 01:10 PM
Feb 2018

Roku boxes are purchased, not returned to Roku when you're finished with them. They're just media players.

Atman

(31,464 posts)
20. It just doesn't seem like a very smart form of protest.
Sun Feb 25, 2018, 07:16 PM
Feb 2018

Just disconnect the service. Wait. Maybe they'll drop NRA TV. But why destroy a perfectly good streaming device when it won't make the slightest bit of difference?

sarcasmo

(23,968 posts)
9. The main reason I bought a Roku 4 years ago, it didn't have to be returned.
Sun Feb 25, 2018, 01:37 PM
Feb 2018

Returning a ROKU device to ROKU is not how a ROKU works.

flamin lib

(14,559 posts)
18. It's a protest. You know, putting money where your mouth is? Depriving them of any further
Sun Feb 25, 2018, 02:56 PM
Feb 2018

income from the streaming services.

Still it's a PROTEST. And if I'm that pissed I'll do my damnedest to make sure others won't use their product either.

DesertRat

(27,995 posts)
12. It's not just ROKU
Sun Feb 25, 2018, 02:23 PM
Feb 2018

Here are the email addresses of PR teams of companies still distributing the NRATV app.

Amazon: amazon-pr@amazon.com
Apple: khuguet@apple.com, paxton1@apple.com, mattblake@apple.com
Roku: snorvell@roku.com, tmifsud@roku.com
YouTube: press@google.com.

If you are contacting a company about ties to the NRA, here's a sample of what you can say:

"Hi. I’m a customer of [CompanyName]. Unfortunately I can no longer do business with your company because it has business ties to the NRA and/or NRA-approved senators. If your company were to no longer have these ties, I would enthusiastically return as a customer. Please communicate my feedback to management.


flamin lib

(14,559 posts)
19. Please make this an OP. If I missed it others did too so repost as a
Sun Feb 25, 2018, 07:13 PM
Feb 2018

new post if not in gd try GCRA And GCRA. I'm going to do it as well. Can't have enough exposure.

Ferrets are Cool

(21,106 posts)
14. I don't understand this completely....are you going to return smart tv
Sun Feb 25, 2018, 02:32 PM
Feb 2018

because it "can" receive this channel? A device is just a device. What you do with it is YOUR choice.

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