Comment on Chromecast (2nd gen) and Audio cannot Cast in 'Untrusted' outage
sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month agoI bought a Chromecast Audio right before they were discontinued, trying to get in while I still could. It’s the only way I cast to a wired speaker system from the 80s that works reliably.
I loved the convenience but I will not go along with their cash grabs. I will not buy their new product because they took away the old one that was still working.
unphazed@lemmy.world 1 month ago
They were discontinued because they lost a patent case. This one I won’t blame on Google… cept maybe for their legal team not flagging it for patent infringement.
BackwardsUntoDawn@lemm.ee 1 month ago
that’s good to know at least, I always thought it was because they wanted to push more smart speakers
unphazed@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Just looked it up. It was with Sonos. It was also when they removed the ability to stream to multiple devices at once (I think that changed , but got rid of a lot of my chrome speakers due to the decline in recognition.)
sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
Patents have gone too far. I just want to stream Spotify to my home speakers; I shouldn’t need proprietary bullshit to do that