Comment on Google is discontinuing the Chromecast line

• superterran@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’d rather my TV run smoothly, crippling performance to save $40 is not something I’m interested in, personally.

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  • SteveFromMySpace@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The response time to my phone is laggy but the picture is crisp and clean. If the picture itself has issues you have bad internet or a bad unit.

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    • superterran@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Comparing it to a Shield or Apple TV it’s clear how weak it was. In fairness, seems like they could just sell both but of course it’s important that Google have a performant offering

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      • SteveFromMySpace@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It didn’t need to compete with them. From a consumer perspective it just needed to be functional at a fraction of the cost, which it was.

        I hate google at this point but chromecast did exactly what it needed to do. Always have one in my backpack when I travel.

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