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Posted by thm 14 hours ago

Fox to buy Roku(www.wsj.com)
274 points | 369 commentspage 6
lenerdenator 14 hours ago|
Further proof that antitrust is dead in the US.
stogot 13 hours ago|
Does this violate US antitrust laws?
ivanmontillam 11 hours ago||
If the spirit of the antitrust law is to protect consumers from enshittification, then yes.

But as written to the letter of the law, no, as this would not create a monopoly. More consolidation yes, but a monopoly technically not.

lenerdenator 10 hours ago||
Given that the whole point is to prevent consolidation that is to the detriment of consumers, well, yeah.
ivanmontillam 9 hours ago||
yeah, but who's to say Fox is gonna screw up this one?

Like the government saying: "Sorry Fox, you cannot have this one, this one is too good for your dinosaur management."

Since that's a very dangerous government hand meddling, I guess the correct move is to let it happen (to our liking or not).

lenerdenator 8 hours ago||
> yeah, but who's to say Fox is gonna screw up this one?

I mean... gestures widely

anon7000 11 hours ago||
Where is anti-trust in this country? Absolutely absurd the levels of media consolidation we’re seeing under billionaires right now.
mike_bob 6 hours ago||
Biden signed a few anti-trust acts into law and also issued executive order 14036 to try to reign in anti-competitive practices. Trump quite literally revoked every one of these within his first month returning to office, calling them "bad for business".

Who is it actually bad for? The consumers. The new religious-linked GOP no longer believes in fairness or holding business accountable for anything, it's "God's will" or something...

kylemaxwell 11 hours ago|||
Media consolidation is actively encouraged by the current regime in the US because it lets them have more control.
gaws 11 hours ago||
You have the Trump administration and the Congressional Republicans to thank.
HardwareLust 12 hours ago||
Ok, so now that Roku is dead, what alternatives do we have?
gaws 11 hours ago||
A dumb TV you can buy for cheap on Facebook Marketplace or Craigslist with an Nvidia Shield or a similar streaming device running Android.
0cf8612b2e1e 11 hours ago||
Also quite interested in this. I guess the best contenders are Apple TV, Nvidia Shield, or roll your own HTPC.
1970-01-01 12 hours ago||
"Somehow, Roku to become even worse."
jauntywundrkind 11 hours ago||
Also note that this gives Fox News viewership data for all Roku devices!

Powell Memorandum (1971) intensifies, with corporate buy out of all society's core media functions by extremist conservatives radically racing ahead.

LightBug1 10 hours ago||
WTF? .. yuck

Well, it's been 5 years ... time to switch out my Roku for something better ...

One of the great things about Roku is it's minimal expense ... which means I won't think twice to swap out for anything else.

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