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[–] [email protected] 181 points 1 month ago (86 children)

In place of the Chromecast, the company will offer the newly announced $99.99 Google TV Streamer,

They're replacing it with a very similar product. Nothing to see here.

[–] [email protected] 226 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (72 children)

A more expensive, clunkier product, with a bunch of needless fluff in it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (63 children)

You mean twice the ram (1 gig more than the shield), 4 times the storage (32 gigs), and a better remote (chirping find my remote feature, programmable button, and less shitty volume buttons)?

Yep. Sure sounds worse considering it also supports all the same features of the chromecast 4k and AV1 decoding.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 month ago

None of which changes the fact that it's more expensive and clunkier, and none of which feels necessary.

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