Welove us some Chromecast , but it ’s fuck off its shortcomings . While there are more and more servicessnuggling up to ‘ throw , the ultimate dream is being able to ramble everything . We almost hada third - company app that could do exactly that , until Google put a check to it .
https://gizmodo.com/google-chromecast-review-a-little-dongle-with-big-pote-898743646
According toAllCast developer Koushik Dutta , the most recent Chromecast firmware update not only break the functionality third - political party apps were using to swarm local medium and other stuff that does n’t have built - in Chromecast support but breaks it on intention .
He put it this wayon Google+ :
Heads up . Google ’s latest Chromecast update on purpose break AllCast .
… Given that this is the 2nd sentence they ’ve purposefully take away / disabled[1 ] the ability to wreak media from external sources , it confirms some of my suspicions that I have had about the Chromecast developer program :
The policy seems to be a heavy handed approach , where only approved content will be played through the gadget . The Chromecast will in all probability not be indie developer friendly . The Google telecasting squad will likely only whitelist media company .
That sounds doubleplus ungood . So long as the Chromecast celebrate getting unexampled medium partners , the ending resultant should still be a very useable twist , but the lack of openness is still troubling .
If Google keeps Chromecast on a tight leash , it ’ll in all likelihood still be a fairly ripe deal on a pretty undecomposed twist , but a pile of awesome potential will go down the waste pipe .
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