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Re:My Chromecast Ultra would not start until I began answeri... by hannasanarion on Friday February 15, 2019 @04:55PM (#19175077)
The fact that we got six years into the chromecast world before anybody complained is a pretty good indicator that, no, in fact, most people who want to watch youtube on their TVs don't configure their firewalls to block 8.8.8.8.
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Re:My Chromecast Ultra would not start until I began answeri... by Sendotsh on Friday February 15, 2019 @10:01PM (#19176761)
It has actually been a common issue for many years, including for myself, but the rest of us don't have the social clout for it to make it to HN front page.

These days you have no chance of getting any form of tech support or even issue acknowledgement unless you have a large follower count online.

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Re:My Chromecast Ultra would not start until I began answeri... by scbrg on Friday February 15, 2019 @05:44PM (#19175436)
Perhaps the hordes of previous complainers, unlike Paul Vixie, complained to the black hole that is Google support, so we never heard of it :)
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