Comment on Google is discontinuing the Chromecast line

• 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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  • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    So when the current dongle breaks and you just want another, what do you buy?

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    • MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Facebook market place in my small town has dozens of these for less than $20. Why don’t you pick up a few of these and recycle our current supply instead of asking companies to produce more e waste incase we someday want to buy it.

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      • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        The large used market exists because Google has been producing them. When Google stops producing them, that supply will dry up.

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  • kent_eh@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Your existing chromecast dongle will continue to connect

    Will it, though?

    “Sorry this device is too old to support the newest software update. For your convenience we have bricked it. Please see your authorized dealer to purchase an upgraded device”

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    • MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Sure, give me a single example where a chromecast device was taken off the chromecast protocol. Even their original Chromecast Audio device which was discontinued and taken out of production still functions to this day.

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      • kent_eh@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Cast protocol is only one of the many many things that you can stream through a chromecast device.

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  • variants@possumpat.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I mean I’d hope so because eventually this one I have won’t work like the previous one so I’d like a similar product when that happens not this 99 dollar box thing. I guess I hope someone else will continue making cheap dongles I think walmart has their own thing

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    • MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Facebook marketplace is absolutely loaded with these for less than $20. Let’s recycle the existing stock.

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      • wholookshere@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Because that’ll last

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