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I turned my streaming stick into a dumb app launcher, and that's all it should be (www.xda-developers.com)
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[–] otter@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

To be fair, I haven't used Chromecast in a long time. Maybe even 10 years ago now.

I remember having connectivity issues, where I'd go to pause the content and realize it disconnected again. So maybe the battery drain was because of poor connections, or poorly designed apps

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

There were definitely some shitty Chromecast apps. ABC in Aus had a terrible one. There are also some pretty shitty TV apps as well :/

Ultra was good for connectivity, as it has an Ethernet port. Relying on wifi on a streaming stick behind a TV was tough. My TV behaves as a signal blocking wall, anything WiFi behind it is a dead zone.

I also haven't tried the new Chromecast with google TV in a few years, but it was so terrible I returned it immediately and started scouring eBay for another Ultra. I am very sad Google killed the plain Chromecast line.

[–] SuspiciousCarrot78@aussie.zone 1 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Huh? The ABC app works perfectly fine on the google Chromecast with TV (the little white hockey puck one). Hell, it works fine on my $199 TCL (2GB) from OfficeWorks.

Or did you mean the generation before that (the one that looks like a fat USB stick), where you'd be casting from your phone?

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 1 points 18 hours ago

The casting in the ABC app was pretty broken for a while, but I believe they redid it a few years ago.