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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Sure, give me a single example where a chromecast device was taken off the chromecast protocol. Even their original Chromecast Audio device which was discontinued and taken out of production over 5 years ago still functions to this day.

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

Cast protocol is only one of the many many things that you can stream through a chromecast device.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

It's a remote controlled web browser. It supports stuff like Netflix because the DRM support is maintained. When that stops it will get Blurayed and old players will fail to play new content