Because some smart TVs will up and brick themselves by irreparably filling their storage with various updates to the point of no longer being able to install or even update anything on the TV whatsoever THANK YOU Samsung)
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Kbobabob@lemmy.world 1 month agoIsn’t Chromecast built into most devices now? Why would someone need a dongle to do what the TV can do natively? Otherwise something like an Nvidia Shield is a better option anyway.
abcdqfr@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Old, dumb or smart TVs without a connection to the internet but still want to either vast to or browse on.
I use mine to avoid using the Samsung UI which I also piholed the hell out of for Samsung ad services…
IdleSheep@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
If your TV doesn’t have Android it’s a super cheap way to get it.
I have an amazing 4k oled TV but it doesn’t have android so I still had to buy a Chromecast for it because otherwise I had no way to watch TV.