Comment on Google kills Chromecast, replaces it with Apple TV and Roku Ultra competitor

• 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.

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  • catloaf@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    They haven’t changed the functionality on mine as far as I’ve noticed. It’s still a cheap dongle that people can use to quickly share media to the screen. Is that not what you wanted?

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    • alekwithak@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      When they released Google TV they implemented the full apps into Chromecast so it went from just a video playing client to an extremely underpowered streaming stick, without a Google TV remote a lot of the players were broken and because it’s an out of production out of support device you are stuck with whatever crippled functionality they leave us. I tried to set one up for my wife a couple of weeks ago and she couldn’t cast certain YouTube videos to it because it was prompting her to sign it but the sign-in functionality has been broken for two years now. If your device has somehow avoided any updates you have a gem, that thing would fetch a handsome sum on eBay.

      Is it still a cheap dongle that people can use to quickly share media to the screen? Yes, that’s why I have five. I’d like them to support and keep making them.

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