I agree, it’s definitely not limited to Amazon devices, but their MO in the recent year has been near the top of the most egregious list as far as I’m concerned. The info that keeps coming out about how the data from Ring devices is used just solidifies where I fall.
I’m fully aware that with most of these companies I am the product. It’s all about trust. I find out you have violated my trust and I’ll leave. Like I said, currently we are a Google household but the minute I feel they have violated my trust to the same level (it’s sad we even have to consider levels but it is what it is), I’ll leave them.
I have no Apple products, but oddly I trust Apple the most. I’m a Google person as well, however I just assume they are violating my privacy constantly, acceptance lets me sleep at night. As to the ring devices my wife wanted a Ring doorbell so I got her one. I don’t touch it. The rest of my cameras have no internet access at all allowed, blocked on a VLAN with no gateway out.
Assume your being violated…it’s easier. Trust and you’ll be disappointed. That’s my philosophy.
Not quite as locked down as you but my view on cameras is similar to yours. My primary cameras are all configured to save to a local SD card vs upload to the cloud. Saves on privacy AND cost.
As much as I’m Google person I have to admit Apple “appears” to have the best marketing and message regarding trust and privacy right now. And they should since they still primarily make their profit on hardware vs services. Granted, that pendulum is already swinging the other direction.
I’m pretty budget conscious so my hesitancy in going the Apple route has been two-fold: 1) cost for equivalent hardware for my use case and 2) lack of choice and openness. Ironically the latter can actually bolster their privacy/protection message, but only too a certain extent. These days I’m much likelier to look at open source solutions for certain things just because knowing that they know anyone can look at the code at any time makes me feel just a little safer in the big picture.
I was very much anti Apple for the longest time for the reasons you specified, now I’m seeing it as their strength. Ohh and that brings up another possible OTA DVR company, Apple. It’s cheaper then paying all the fees to the networks to stream the locals. Like or dislike Apple, for the most part the products they make are pretty good. Mostly.
I’d really like to see a single-click x-second “skip” button - where x is defined in the settings and the skip is not tied to the thumbnails and requires no post-processing.
I know, I can get a 30-second skip by pressing the Roku “right” arrow 3 times - but then you have to push play or OK to resume playing. That’s four button presses to get a single 30-second skip. The lack of that feature is the only reason Directv is still in my house. I like to skip the between-play stuff when watching football, and 30 seconds is about perfect. Except when teams are “tempo”, that’s when the variable setting would be great!
DirecTV uses Tivo technology licensed form them as far as I know. I"m hoping to dump Direct next month, assuming the ‘boss’ approves. The DVR functions on Direct are superior in well all ways so far that I can tell. Problem is if you copy too much TiVo will sue.
I like to minimize the effort as much as anyone but is this one feature really worth paying so much more long term? Or can you do just locals with DIRECTV? Maybe I’m just super budget conscious.
The point is that the Tablo developers used the development software that Roku provides, so the skip and rewind times are determined by whatever is in the Roku player. Same with Apple, FireTv, and AndroidTv.
Aaah, now I get it. Thanks for the explanation. None the less, the topic is “What could be done better”. At some point in the future, maybe Roku will support such capabilities in their player, and for me, having that skip would be better.
Curious how you would know this? Not saying it’s true or not, just curious what industry you work in that affords you access to all those platforms development suites.
So really you only know what you were told. Big difference. Like I said in my complete post, I’m not saying if it’s True or Not. I assumed you had some authority based on your original post regarding the topic. Turns out you are only passing on information without a reference.
I was just looking for clarification and also seeking out individuals with inside knowledge.
We try to use the native player software for the device when possible since maintaining our own player software could/would get VERY complex and expensive.
That means we’re often limited to the player behavior of that device.
Thanks for the confirmation. It’s best however to post information obtained from outside sources in the form of some reference. Stating first hand knowledge when really it’s 2nd or 3rd hand leads one to assume the poster is the authority on the subject.
Not if you’ve been following posting long enough… or use the in the corner. Try Roku API :surprise: no hasselling - I don’t believe it, so it’s probably not true, but maybe, but I still don’t believe you
in the corner. Try Roku API :surprise: no hasselling - I don’t believe it, so it’s probably not true, but maybe, but I still don’t believe you