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I turned my streaming stick into a dumb app launcher, and that's all it should be (www.xda-developers.com)
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[–] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

To be fair, I haven't used Chromecast in a long time. Maybe even 10 years ago now.

I remember having connectivity issues, where I'd go to pause the content and realize it disconnected again. So maybe the battery drain was because of poor connections, or poorly designed apps

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

    There were definitely some shitty Chromecast apps. ABC in Aus had a terrible one. There are also some pretty shitty TV apps as well :/

    Ultra was good for connectivity, as it has an Ethernet port. Relying on wifi on a streaming stick behind a TV was tough. My TV behaves as a signal blocking wall, anything WiFi behind it is a dead zone.

    I also haven't tried the new Chromecast with google TV in a few years, but it was so terrible I returned it immediately and started scouring eBay for another Ultra. I am very sad Google killed the plain Chromecast line.

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