Keep on casting.
    • dmtalon@infosec.pubEnglish
      24·
      17 天前

      My whole house audio runs off a product Google no longer makes unfortunately (Chromecast audios).

      There’s, no like-for-like new version, and no good replacement that I’ve found. Thankfully, this was a fixable problem and they fixed it vs. Just EOLing them.

      • paraphrand@lemmy.worldEnglish
        21·
        17 天前

        It’s amazing how they basically perfected something, and then just dropped it in the trash.

        I know it’s easy to explain that they basically sold them to everyone who wanted one. But it really feels like a device that/situation that a company like Google could maintain as a good will thing. As a standard. As a protocol.

        • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          1·
          15 天前

          That’s pretty much their MO though. If you look at their list of dead products, there’s a lot of quality products that canned for whatever reason.

          • semEnglish
            1·
            11 天前

            One theory I’ve heard here is that Patent law is the culprit in this case: Sonos has a patent they’re trolling and Google had to stop infringing by discontinuing new devices.

      • pezhore@infosec.pubEnglish
        3·
        17 天前

        I had some luck cobbling together a HiFiBerry with some speakers. It’s not the same thing, but it does show up like a streamable audio device.

        It’s not super cheap though.

        • semEnglish
          1·
          11 天前

          Can it stream with the “cast” button in Spotify or other apps?

    • afk_strats@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16·
      17 天前

      Thats the vibe. In this case, it seems like they get more value from the signals they interpret from the devices already out there.

      In a better world, these devices (and maybe even the Chromecast protocol) would be open sourced