Google is discontinuing the Chromecast line - eviltoast
  • The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.net
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    3 months ago

    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

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      3 months ago

      The remote playback control over network patents? I can’t see why those patents should be valid, everything there has prior art done in the 80’s

      What I’m more pissed about is how Google killed Miracast (it’s technically still around but Google removed it from default Android and OEMs have to choose to enable it) and how they fought against 3rd party implementations to keep the Chromecast protocol closed.

      I see there’s ongoing work for a Matter based standard for casting, I really hope that ends up getting broad support. We need something better than DLNA (and Miracast is technically DLNA over WiFi Direct). We need an open casting standard supporting Chromecast-like remote interactive content (the device is essentially a remote controlled web browser)