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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.

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SteveFromMySpace@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
At that price get Apple TV. Say what you want about the company, that thing is great.

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- HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Agreed.
  
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Thrickles@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
I was already considering Jellyfin as a possible replacement, and this pretty much ensures it.

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- SquiffSquiff@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  So what will you use as your Jellyfin client then? Roku?
  
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  - tyler@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    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.
    
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    0ops@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    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
    
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  - Thrickles@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    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.
    
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propter_hog@hexbear.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Now with more spyware!

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fox@hexbear.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Why does it matter if the processor is faster, I’m not watching videos at double speed anyways

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