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> Google TV Streamer (4K) Oh, so they're just rebranding and not making it a dongle anymore....
by gclawes 2y ago
> Google TV Streamer (4K)
Oh, so they're just rebranding and not making it a dongle anymore....
- lxgr 2y agoI suspect that being a dongle is part of the appeal of Chromecast for many people. At least I definitely don't want more visible external boxes behind/next to my TV, especially if they don't even need line-of-sight to the remote since that's all Bluetooth anyway these days.
- FalconSensei 2y ago> I suspect that being a dongle is part of the appeal of Chromecast for many people. Exactly. Also: I just want to watch stuff. I don't want AI or smart-home features.
- mrweasel 2y agoThe rebranding makes sense, because I don't think people see it as "Google Chromecast", but simply "Chromecast" and not associating it with Google.
- davidmurdoch 2y agoGoogle has a really horrible brand reputation though. Would be bizarre if someone at Google thought tacking "Google" on a product would improve the product's reputation.
- pawelmurias 2y agoDoes it have a horrible brand reputation? The tech savy people complaining about the account review procedures are not the mainstream consumer.
- davidmurdoch 2y agoYes, I do think it does have a horrible rep for the layman.
- mvdtnz 2y agoYes it does.
- ncr100 2y agoThis feels more like they're actually killing this product, because the replacement is far too expensive. So it will no longer appeal to market in the same way. So I think this means that Google sees that there's not enough profit in the low end Internet Smart features for HDMI anymore.