I hate to break it to you, but Roku OS uses the Linux kernel and a bunch of other open source stuff. (The UI etc. is proprietary, but never mind that for now.)
The issue here is DRM and Tivoization, not just having access to the source code.
AdmiralShat@programming.dev 3 months ago
This is why all OSs need to be open source and we should only argue over hardware
grue@lemmy.world 3 months ago
AdmiralShat@programming.dev 3 months ago
So the closed source OS uses open source stuff?
grue@lemmy.world 3 months ago
What I’m saying is that even if it were 100% open source, IT STILL WOULDN’T BE ENOUGH because the hardware would refuse to run anything that wasn’t cryptographically signed by Roku, Inc.
smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 3 months ago
Or at least bare minimum in form of a documentation allowing other OSes to be develop for the hardware.
Starting with the phones…