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Re:YouTube TV removed from Roku channel store amid Google co... by breakingcups on Friday April 30, 2021 @10:44AM (#26994080)
Be aware that you'll be forced to share your GPS location with Google during the set-up, there's no way around it. You'll also need to do the setup with the Google Home app which requires you to set up a "Home", which is way overkill if all you want is a Chromecast.

Also, the Nvidia Shield is truly a lot better in terms of hardware and application support. Quite a lot of Chromecast "apps" are inferior to the Android TV versions that also run on the Shield.

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Re:YouTube TV removed from Roku channel store amid Google co... by murderfs on Friday April 30, 2021 @11:56AM (#26995112)
> Be aware that you'll be forced to share your GPS location with Google during the set-up

I think you're misinterpreting the meaning of the location permission: it's probably requesting that to connect to the Chromecast via WiFi Direct or Bluetooth. Android buckets that into location because you can figure out a user's location by looking at nearby WiFi networks/Bluetooth beacons.

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