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_pete_ ,

I feel the original Chromecast was probably the last truly great original Google product, it was simple, it was inexpensive and it worked - you just plugged it in, joined your network and you were off, there really wasn’t anything like it at the time.

I really hate what they’ve become.

bam13302 ,

What changed? I thought that is still what they did.

CameronDev ,

Chromecast with Google TV made the “simple” casting worse for some apps like Netflix. Instead of it casting directly, it would spawn the Netflix app and make you use the remote to reselect the show you wanted to see.

jballs ,
@jballs@sh.itjust.works avatar

Also they made it reliant on the Google Home app, which makes it really hard to change WiFi networks. It’s a pain in the ass if you have multiple WiFi networks setup at your house.

_pete_ ,

I feels like they either badly copy (see Gemini) or don’t think about what they’re offering (see Stadia’s busted business model) they’re content to milk the existing services they’ve already got and make them worse by cramming in more ads (see YouTube, Google’s search result pages) and they cut out or dictate the web through their monopolies (see AMP and Chrome) rather than working with other parties to make good products.

They feel like Hooli in Silicon Valley, basically the definition of a fat tech giant who doesn’t do any innovation of their own.

ealoe ,

Badly copy (see Gemini)

Tf are you smoking dude, Google has been working on AI long before ChatGPT was a twinkle in Sam Altman’s eye. They didn’t release any public models because they wanted to go about it safely and not just dump the world’s best misinformation creator on the open market for anyone to use with little safeguards. All that went out the window when ChatGPT got all the press and google decided they wanted a piece of the hype, but pretending they “didn’t do any innovation of their own” in regards to AI is ludicrous. They have been at the forefront of AI development for the last decade, and the fact you think otherwise shows your only knowledge about AI is from after ChatGPT headlines started coming out.

_pete_ ,

www.popsci.com/wp-content/…/GluePizzaAI.png?strip…

Quill7513 ,

What’s funny is that was actually the start of them becoming who they are now. There’s a litany of evidence they stole the Chromecast technology

chevy9294 ,

I’m waiting for Gmail, it has to be soon :)

Dead_or_Alive ,

No the NSA, CIA, FBI and all the other alphabet agencies would never allow it.

bitwaba ,

Alphabet agencies and Alphabet companies.

Name a more iconic duo

corsicanguppy ,

Name a more iconic duo

Microsoft and Sobbing.

Ghoelian ,

So what’s the best android tv box nowadays? Still the Shield TV?

I have the latest chromecast with android tv (i think, who knows with these garbage model names), and it’s always been quite sluggish to use, and I can’t replace the home screen on it to one without ads since they locked down the bootloader.

So I’m looking for one that’s a bit snappier, and preferably with an unlockable bootloader, or at least the ability to replace the default launcher.

AethonRose ,

Anyone looking for a streaming box look into the Walmart Onn 4k Pro, came out earlier this year and it works great. The remote has an annoying button on it, but that’s my only complaint.

vext01 ,
@vext01@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

Hopefully people will reverse engineer the firmware and protocol so that the old devices aren’t total landfill.

Google have lost their mind…

schizoidman ,

I think it just means google would stop selling it as the new google TV streamer is up for sale. My Chromecast from 2015 is still working till this day.

Damage ,

Eh as long as the protocol stays the same who cares? Everything has it built in nowadays, and even if it doesn’t, I bet China won’t stop making Chromecast dongles

Amir ,
@Amir@lemmy.ml avatar

Literally all my friends know the name “Chromecast”, why would you rename it

Venator ,

Why does Google do any of the dumb shit they do?

darkevilmac ,
@darkevilmac@lemmy.zip avatar

To justify the salaries of their product managers

2pt_perversion ,

Chromecast naming scheme did get weird - it’s difficult for someone who doesn’t follow these things to know if they want the chromecast ultra or chromecast with google tv. I agree though they should have just called the new product something like “Chromecast Box 2025”.

SomeGuy69 ,
@SomeGuy69@lemmy.world avatar

and then add TV to it, is this now advertised to seniors?

balder1991 ,

It seems so, some people in the thread complained their parents don’t use ChromeCast because it needed the phone to use. Apparently seniors are also better if you want to sell an expensive subscription when the opportunity arises.

praise_idleness ,

Get a pi, people. There are very few reasons you would want Chromecast.

Luvs2Spuj ,

Size and portability.? Ease of use?

TimeSquirrel ,
@TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org avatar

Very few reasons for people with technical ability, which the Fediverse overrepresents. It's easy to get the idea that anyone can pick up something like a Pi and install and configure an OS image on it. It seems simple to us, but 95% of people will not/cannot do this. They have better things to do than learn IT skills.

AlligatorBlizzard ,

Is there anything interesting you can do with a Chromecast dongle by jailbreaking it, if you can get one for cheap?

Blackout ,
@Blackout@kbin.run avatar

Don't need to jailbreak, it already works with pirate sites with the right app

PlutoniumAcid ,
@PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world avatar

Will existing devices continue to work “forever” or must we add them to the graveyard?

manucode ,
@manucode@infosec.pub avatar

A new entry to killedbygoogle.com?

MeatsOfRage ,

Eh, not really. This product had a full run, will continue to work and the features are all still available in their newer products. Killed by Google usually implies they have a service that just ceases to exist.

bobotron ,

Be nice to have something to replace my Nvidia shield pro with that’s not an apple tv. Looking forward to seeing how the new streaming device compares

iLove ,

Is Nvidia Shield Pro not good?

Gloria ,

“Yes I know the customer learned that product name and has a good connotation with it, but how about we change the name to something completely different?”

Quill7513 ,

“Our current product offering is less than $50. We were thinking the next iteration should be $300”

yeather ,

I know haha google graveyard funny, but over a decade of production only to be replaced by a similar product is a financial success.

originalfrozenbanana ,

Everyone knows after any commercial success the best thing you can do is rebrand by announcing the death of the successful product \s

SkaveRat ,

“okay, what successful product are we going to kill next?”

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