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Google finally has a successful long-term product, so now it's killing it
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this post was submitted on 07 Aug 2024
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I don't get the rage about this. I've had a variant of chromecast from the beginning to the most recent model. The new streamer is effectively the same thing as the Chromecast 4k with twice the RAM and 4 times the storage capacity and they addressed my issues with the remote, those being the volume buttons are exceptionally easy to accidentally trigger, adding a programmable button, and adding a find my remote feature that makes the remote chirp! And the find my remote thing is even usable from other devices beyond the streamer. Even supports AV1 decoding.
This coming from someone who also uses a Linux SBC for some media. Which I get why some people want that, but Jesus, sometimes I just want something I don't have to spend hours setting up, troubleshooting, and praying its software is compatible across versions and boards and my specific use case and my library file formats.
This guy gets it - the faux outrage of the other commenters is laughable.
This isn't so much killing the Chromecast but releasing a new, albeit more expensive, version. They changed the name, but it's not exactly another product in the Google graveyard. It's more of a rebranding.
That said, I did like the original Chromecast and especially the Chromecast audio. I liked the idea of my phone did just about everything. I didn't need a remote or a shitty UI on an underpowered device. It did one thing, and one thing well, play the video/audio stream url that got sent to it.
It just seems colossally stupid to throw the brand away.