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I feel like the constant renaming carousel hurts google more than a lot of people realize. Most people buying streaming devices don't pay attention to press releases. The Chromecast name has a ton of recognition that now disappeared, and "Google Streamer" is too generic ever to get traction.
Also the processor sucks. It was used in the fire stick in 2021. 99$ for something that isn't gonna be some huge improvement over the $50 device.
The Google grave yard:
As someone with an OG Chromecast and occasionally uses it to cast photos, any reason I should find a recently discontinued "last model" to replace mine?
Google & Microsoft went to the same college. They create devices, make people think there will be multiple generations of these devices, and in a short time, DELETE them from Earth. Same for services. If you have a complaint about my opinion, you can contact me on Google+
Specs for thhe replacement are similar to the Onn 4k Pro but almost double the price...
Onn is a great brand
And just like that I gave up on casting and shifted back to a dedicated streaming PC like it's 2010. I changed the way I consumed my media for you, Google, and your thanks in return was betraying us by retiring the equipment that we came to rely on left and right. I'm still pissed about Chromecast audio.
God I'm tired of this shit.
Chromecast audio
When they disco'd them I found like 6 at Walmart for 3.99.
I bought them all. Lol
They are still in a box... But Ill have a use for them... Probably
They've done this so many times now, one of these days we'll know better
So tired...
In place of the Chromecast, the company will offer the newly announced $99.99 Google TV Streamer, which launches on September 24th. The set-top box comes with some significant spec bumps over the Chromecast with Google TV, such as a processor that’s 22 percent faster, along with Thread and Matter integration.
Replacing it with something 3x as much that more or less does the same thing.
Why does it matter if the processor is faster, I'm not watching videos at double speed anyways
I was already considering Jellyfin as a possible replacement, and this pretty much ensures it.
So what will you use as your Jellyfin client then? Roku?
Dunno. I've come to rely on the "cast" functionality from my Android, but finding a FOSS client with even similar functionality is proving difficult.
Chromecast will continue to work, until it doesn't. I'll use that time to test some options and see where I land.
Roku is fucking terrible now. I’m not who you asked but I switched off of Roku to an Apple TV and it’s by far the best device you can use unless you’re building something completely custom.
Just to clarify, the Jellifin app for Roku is pretty good and has been improving a ton the last year in particular. But yeah, Roku itself is it's own can of worms
Oh sorry, yeah. No clue about the app but Roku is in the shitter as far as I’m concerned.
Now with more spyware!