Roku tells customers it is unable to strike a deal with YouTube

Re:Roku tells customers it is unable to strike a deal with Y... by mdoms on Thursday October 21, 2021 @11:04PM (#28953300)

> Lately, the Chromecast has become substantially worse, with many more ads and of course a stupid update nobody asked for showing kind of a tablet UI when you're in "idle" mode with the phone connected to the TV (idk how you're supposed to operate it, but I don't care, ofc it's a clickbait showcase screen).

Are you sure you're using a Chromecast? Not only has my Chromecast never once shown me an ad, but I have no idea what screen you're talking about and I use mine every day.

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Re:Roku tells customers it is unable to strike a deal with Y... by jjeaff on Thursday October 21, 2021 @11:42PM (#28953521)

The new Chromecast is a dongle that comes with a remote and has a Google tv interface built on Android tv. You can still cast to it like the old Chromecast. You are likely using one the older, cast only devices which have been discontinued.

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Re:Roku tells customers it is unable to strike a deal with Y... by ehsankia on Monday October 25, 2021 @08:23AM (#28986979)

Even ignoring the fact that cast-only isn't discontinued, I believe you can set the new Chromecast in a cast-only mode too. Of course this kinda defeats the point of the device, but it is doable.

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Re:Roku tells customers it is unable to strike a deal with Y... by fistynuts on Friday October 22, 2021 @09:55AM (#28957213)

The cast only devices haven't been discontinued. I bought one this week. Only the Ultra has been discontinued.

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Re:Roku tells customers it is unable to strike a deal with Y... by gtirloni on Friday October 22, 2021 @06:02AM (#28955387)

I have the new one with the remote and it doesn't show ads.

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