Request: Stop requiring support of devices 5+ years old

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In this modern day, Roku models 2450 and 2500 have a horrible user experience. Most major device manufacturers (eg Apple) do not support devices 5+ years old as 2450 and 2500 now are.
There may be some legitimate masochists out there but I suspect any statistical numbers of users above 0 are just Roku developers testing and comparing their apps on such ancient devices.
I think it would be better for the users if they were not misled by the fact that Roku requires support of these 5+ year old devices. Because for anyone who’s used a “modern” device like a Roku 3 :laughing: , these are barely usable.

Cable companies could send these out to convince people not to become cord cutters :laughing:

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I used to keep a 2500 around for testing, but I found it to be only slightly slower than the 2710, so I ended up giving away the 2500 to a friend who was still using an old 2050 up until last year!

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wow! I have a 2710 which feels pretty slow and outdated but apparently is not as much so as the 2450 and 2500, which are failing things the 2710 passes :confused: