Comment on Google kills Chromecast, replaces it with Apple TV and Roku Ultra competitor
alekwithak@lemmy.world 1 month ago
If I wanted a streaming box I’d buy or build a streaming box. If I wanted anyone with my remote control to be able to access my YouTube viewing history and all my streaming accounts I’d make it happen. What I want is a cheap dongle that my family and guests can use to quickly share media to the big screen!
catloaf@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Isn’t that what a Chromecast is? The one I have, you just connect to the wifi and it shows up as a cast target. It doesn’t do anything else.
alekwithak@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Yes but they discontinued them in favor of Google TV, and they also heavily nerfed the capabilities by putting Google TV apps on there. For instance I now often have to pull out the virtual remote in the YouTube app to make a pop-up go away so I can watch the YouTube video I cast.
Albbi@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Try out Smarttubenext. Made watching YouTube on my chromecast with Google TV enjoyable again.
alekwithak@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I’ll check it out, thanks!
pixxelkick@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I own multiple gens of Chromecasts from gen 1 to to CCwGTV
I have no idea wtf you are talking about.
I click cast, I click the device I’m casting to, it works, never had this issue on any of my devices abd all of them are set to auto update and afaik running latest versions.
alekwithak@lemmy.world 1 month ago
That’s fantastic for you, but a quick Google search will bring up plenty of articles and reddit threads of people bitching about this and other ways the Chromecast has been broken over the years.
catloaf@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Mine still worked fine, the last time I checked.
alekwithak@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I have five from multiple generations, so I’m very aware. They changed this functionality on all of them. I never said they didn’t still work, and I gave a clear example of how the functionality is being nerfed.
criitz@reddthat.com 1 month ago
They don’t make those anymore, I think