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>There's no technical reason Chromecasts can't be set up by Kindle Fire devices, it's an intentionally-implemented block by Google. This is some high-level mis

>There's no technical reason Chromecasts can't be set up by Kindle Fire devices, it's an intentionally-implemented block by Google. This is some high-level misinformation being spread on your part, and not the first time you've done this on HN. Chromecast is an open SDK - Amazon has the power to implement it at any time: https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/terms https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/terms

ocdtrekkie 9y ago
Does the Google Cast SDK allow you to "set up" a new Chromecast device, as I explicitly stated in my comment? Your employer's site seems to indicate not: https://www.google.com/chromecast/setup/ https://www.google.com/chromecast/setup/
- bduerst 9y ago
  What I say reflects my own personal opinion, but you already saw that when you looked at my profile and googled my username to dox me. Again, Amazon has the power to add Chromecast support to the Fire OS. They chose not to, just as they chose to remove chromecast support from Twitch when they acquired it.
  - ocdtrekkie 9y ago
    The developer docs you linked do not state a way to do initial configuration/setup on a Chromecast. How do you do it? How would Amazon implement it so that someone could buy a Google Chromecast and install and use it without a Google-approved device to set it up? How do you connect a Chromecast to your Wi-Fi network from a Kindle Fire?
kuschku 9y ago
The Chromecast SDK for Android works on devices without Play Services? Since when? The Chromecast SDK allows Amazon to receive Chromecast streams on the Fire TV? Since when? Cause from what I see here, half of the SDK’s terms ban casting without the SDK, and the SDK itself doesn’t work on devices without Play Services such as the Kindle devices, nor does it work to receive streams. You’re spreading bullshit again, as every (x|g)oogler has in the other Chromecast thread. Give me an open source library or full protocol documents I can use to send and receive chromecast streams, so I can stream to my raspberry pi and send streams from a non-Google device, and your argument will have merit.

ocdtrekkie 9y ago

Does the Google Cast SDK allow you to "set up" a new Chromecast device, as I explicitly stated in my comment? Your employer's site seems to indicate not: https://www.google.com/chromecast/setup/ https://www.google.com/chromecast/setup/

bduerst 9y ago
What I say reflects my own personal opinion, but you already saw that when you looked at my profile and googled my username to dox me. Again, Amazon has the power to add Chromecast support to the Fire OS. They chose not to, just as they chose to remove chromecast support from Twitch when they acquired it.
- ocdtrekkie 9y ago
  The developer docs you linked do not state a way to do initial configuration/setup on a Chromecast. How do you do it? How would Amazon implement it so that someone could buy a Google Chromecast and install and use it without a Google-approved device to set it up? How do you connect a Chromecast to your Wi-Fi network from a Kindle Fire?

kuschku 9y ago

The Chromecast SDK for Android works on devices without Play Services? Since when? The Chromecast SDK allows Amazon to receive Chromecast streams on the Fire TV? Since when? Cause from what I see here, half of the SDK’s terms ban casting without the SDK, and the SDK itself doesn’t work on devices without Play Services such as the Kindle devices, nor does it work to receive streams. You’re spreading bullshit again, as every (x|g)oogler has in the other Chromecast thread. Give me an open source library or full protocol documents I can use to send and receive chromecast streams, so I can stream to my raspberry pi and send streams from a non-Google device, and your argument will have merit.