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The history of Roku and the fight over CarPlay


On The Vergecast: the birth of streaming, and should Apple and Google control your car?

For this first segment, we tell the story of the Roku Netflix Player, debate its legacy, and try to decide whether this thing belongs in the Version History Hall of Fame. Are CarPlay and Android Auto the answer, the solution to universally crappy automaker software? Or should Google and Apple get out of the way and let carmakers build what’s required for the self-driving, automated, infinitely more immersive future of driving?

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