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Re:Ask HN: Will Google Ever Launch a Successful New Product ... by tomComb on Friday November 18, 2022 @02:48PM (#33661005)
That was my impression too, so I was surprised to read that they are kinda' giving it away by allowing it to be subsumed by Matter. The casting support in Matter will be a mandatory part of the related profile.

But, whatever the explanation, I think this is a good thing.

Re:Ask HN: Will Google Ever Launch a Successful New Product ... by horsawlarway on Friday November 18, 2022 @02:57PM (#33661135)
I agree. I see this as heading back towards something like Miracast, which really birthed Chromecast in the first place.

That said - I'd really like for genuine screen sharing to still exist, outside of the confines of merely opening an app on the device in question and directing it at a specific URL, while sending user input. That's fine for a lot of uses - but is not really a comparable feature set. So far at least - I don't see that in the matter protocol (I've also not spent a ton of time looking - so if someone knows it's there, please point me at it!)