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I turned my streaming stick into a dumb app launcher, and that's all it should be
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I've not experienced the stream ending, but there disconnect is definitely an issue. Might be app specific?
When I tested Chromecast with google TV (5 years ago to be fair, it might be fixed now), if I casted from my phone, I then had to use the remote to choose my Netflix account and choose the show again from scratch. So it was two steps on two devices, for no good reason. It also didn't connect to WiFi properly and didnt have Ethernet, so that killed its functionality as well.