Google is discontinuing the Chromecast line

Another device heads to the Google graveyard.

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Makes sense. Smart TVs weren't common at that point, now you can't avoid them.
- I don’t allow my TVs to touch the internet. I hadn’t realized how much they phone home until disabling upnp on my router locked the tv up and I couldn’t navigate the Home Screen without a terrible delay. The telemetry collection is out of control and they fingerprint everything you watch from a connected device. No thanks.
- Still works better for traveling. Hotel smart TVs are even worse than the home models, but if you have an open HDMI port on it and can work out the wifi, you're in business.

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