Comment on Google is discontinuing the Chromecast line

Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• LaggyKar@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  A more expensive, clunkier product, with a bunch nog needless fluff in it.

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  • DampSquid@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Enshitification 101

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  • NegativeInf@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    You mean twice the ram (1 gig more than the shield), 4 times the storage (32 gigs), and a better remote (chirping find my remote feature, programmable button, and less shitty volume buttons)?

    Yep. Sure sounds worse considering it also supports all the same features of the chromecast 4k and AV1 decoding.

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    • wewbull@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      My Chromecast has no storage and no remote. It’s fine.

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      • NegativeInf@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Cool. Keep using it.

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    • LaggyKar@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      None of which changes the fact that it’s more expensive and clunkier, and none of which feels necessary.

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    • variants@possumpat.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I don’t need any of that. I just need a cheap dongle that can run one app

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      • MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        The dongle still works. They reached market saturation with people who just want a dongle. They can’t realistically be expected to produce these forever.

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    • moody@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Most of the appeal of the Chromecast is that it’s a dongle you plug in once and never have to see again. It doesn’t need high performance and 32 gigs of RAM. It needs to play video. That’s its entire purpose. It’s controlled by any phone on your wifi, it doesn’t need a remote.

      For most users, this is an expensive downgrade.

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      • jeena@piefed.jeena.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        The remote was the biggest upgrade for me on the Ultra though. I always struggled to find my phone and do stuff on it just to watch some YouTube or Netflix videos. And the Kids don't even have a phone and they want to watch on the TV in the livingroom too sometimes. With the remote it's easy for everyone to use it without fiddling with the Phone.

        My parents have the one without the remote and they basically never use it because my mom doesn't have a mobile phone and my dad newer has it with him, it's always not charged or in some other room.

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      • kent_eh@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        It’s controlled by any phone on your wifi, it doesn’t need a remote.

        Or you can use it’s remote and not need to use your phone for absolutely every little thing.

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    • Tanoh@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      And ethernet port!

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      • NegativeInf@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Yes! I hadn’t seen that highlighted anywhere in articles really, only saw it on the damn Google Store after looking just now.

        Seems an all around solid update on the previous device.

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      • LaggyKar@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        You can get an Ethernet adapter for the Chromecast

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    • woelkchen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Regular Chromecast work perfectly as YouTube jukebox.

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      • NegativeInf@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        What do you mean regular Chromecast?

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    • Evilcoleslaw@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      It’s also twice the price of the Onn 4k Pro (Walmart house brand) that’s built on the same chip and has the same features running the stock Google TV experience.

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    • sanpo@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      They’re supposedly using pretty much the same chipset. So the most important part is still underpowered, these Android boxes generally work fine even with 2-3GBs of RAM.

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      • NegativeInf@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        From OP article

        such as a processor that’s 22 percent faster

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  • fraksken@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    For which they will be able to offer subscriptions in a year or 2.

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  • Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Now with AI!

    I’m not sure why they didn’t just call it the chrome cast gen whatever though.

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    • MagicShel@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      So you could just ask it for anything and it could make it up?

      “Google, show ‘Ow! My Balls!’”

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      • Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I wonder how far away we are from AI being able to create video on demand like that?

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    • Natanael@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Or literally just reuse the Android TV name

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• Thann@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Similar product that costs 4 times as much and has AI features…

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  • Telodzrum@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    The low-power streaming box is dying. It’s not completely without reason, 4k playback is actually a bit demanding.

    We are in a place where the 2017 nVidia Shield is beginning to show its age and that leaves the AppleTV as the only powerful and capable consumer set top box on the market. This new option from Google will at least provide some competition and an option outside of Apple’s ecosystem.

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    • DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I cannot believe NVIDIA has essentially abandoned its SHIELD micro console line. My Shield Pro has been an amazing sideloading fiend.

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      • Telodzrum@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I absolutely love mine, but I’d be lying if I said it didn’t stutter sometimes when asked to perform more demanding tasks. The chip is also going to start having issues with formats in the coming years. I’d love for nVidia to put out something that used a rival to the A15 in Apple’s box. Native M1 decoding and just raw speed is really needed to catch up to use cases in 2024 compared to 7 years earlier.

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    • Evilcoleslaw@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      This $100 box from Google runs on the same SoC as the $50 streaming box from Onn (Walmart). The only major differences are the Google box as 4GB of RAM vs 3GB, a 1Gb Ethernet port instead of 100Mb (both have WiFi 6), and the Google box has a USB Type C port for power/data and would need an OTG adapter/hub while the Onn box has a Type A and a barrel plug for power.

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      • Telodzrum@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        TBH, the biggest issue there is the 100Mb port on the cheaper box. That is actually too low to stream a quality high-bitrate video file.

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• balder1991@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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• woelkchen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  They’re replacing it with a very similar product. Nothing to see here.

  Like they do with messengers every couple of years.

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  • Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Or music streaming apps.

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  • lemming741@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Seemed monthly at one point 🤣

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• cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  and before that they already replaced it with google tv with chromecast

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• avidamoeba@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Caught on the clickbait, hook, line and sinker.

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