surfrock66 to [email protected]English • 3 months agoGoogle is discontinuing the Chromecast linewww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square280fedilinkarrow-up1658arrow-down163cross-posted to: technologyandroid
arrow-up1595arrow-down1external-linkGoogle is discontinuing the Chromecast linewww.theverge.comsurfrock66 to [email protected]English • 3 months agomessage-square280fedilinkcross-posted to: technologyandroid
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-46•3 months agoDeprecate the casting protocol? Sure Jan. The new device still supports casting.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish61•3 months agoThey killed support for the first gen Chromecast and the YouTube “app” has been broken for 3+ years. They’ll just stop supporting it one day and you’ll have to buy a new one.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-39•3 months agoOh no, my $40 device won’t work after ELEVEN years. I’m being abused!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish36•3 months agoYou haven’t been paying attention to Google in the last few years, have you?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•3 months agoChromecast ultras are already broken if you try to use your own DNS.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•3 months agoThat’s the only reason I had to replace my previous 2 steaming devices. The streaming backend got updated and the app in my device no longer supported it. And there was no updated app made available for that device.
Deprecate the casting protocol? Sure Jan. The new device still supports casting.
They killed support for the first gen Chromecast and the YouTube “app” has been broken for 3+ years. They’ll just stop supporting it one day and you’ll have to buy a new one.
Oh no, my $40 device won’t work after ELEVEN years. I’m being abused!
Truly a golden era
You haven’t been paying attention to Google in the last few years, have you?
Chromecast ultras are already broken if you try to use your own DNS.
That’s the only reason I had to replace my previous 2 steaming devices.
The streaming backend got updated and the app in my device no longer supported it. And there was no updated app made available for that device.