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Fox buys the henhouse

The cord-cutter’s box is now owned by cable’s ghost.

Jason Weisberger
Jun 15, 2026
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I’ve used Roku since 2014, when a friend explained why this weird little purple box was the best way to escape cable. He was right. Now Fox is buying it.

Roku works because it is boring in the best possible way. It sat between you and the streaming mess, handled Netflix, YouTube, and whatever else you subscribed to. I paired it with Plex and made a perso…

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