&gt;My Roku is the size it is not because it needs to be that big to hold components, but so that it looks substantial to consumers and doesn&#x27;t get lost in a ball of cables.<p>Are you sure its not because multiple-generations-removed miniaturization technology is cheaper, and the latest Roku devices are under $100?  Or that perhaps it&#x27;s a different economic driver, rather than so the consumer sees its physical size?<p>Regarding the second app, I think the issue is again non-technical -- content is not available across devices because it&#x27;s a differentiator.  It may seem an artificial barrier -- your Roku can decode any video stream -- but the structure of a system that created the content suggests otherwise.<p>Sounds like things are ready for interoperation except for the human&#x2F;economic&#x2F;structural element.