Since this has happened my (gen 1) chromecast experience has gone almost totally to crap. The built in functionality is supposed to be smart about down scaling

Since this has happened my (gen 1) chromecast experience has gone almost totally to crap. The built in functionality is supposed to be smart about down scaling for wifi speed, and thus has removed all options to do it manually; unfortunately it utterly fails (I believe because wifi speed is fine but the bitrate is too high for the hardware). Lots of people don't like this update. https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/chromecast/5IG1ClAapLc/3pCqFStfEAAJ https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/chromecast/5IG1... Streaming from my android is also much worse, with high bitrate streams that I used to consume regularly no longer working at all (e.g <1 fps). I have been extremely happy with my chromecast until the last few months, and it honestly has become something I really dislike now.