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Re:We’re ending production of Chromecast by entropicdrifter on Tuesday August 06, 2024 @01:56PM (#41173382)
On the other hand, "Google TV Streamer" also describes Chromecasts and is immensely less memorable or distinctive.

It'd be like if Apple decided to rebrand Macbook to be "Apple Laptop". Sure, it's accurate. It's also crap.

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Re:We’re ending production of Chromecast by pimlottc on Tuesday August 06, 2024 @03:14PM (#41174224)
To be fair, "MacBook" is basically a portmanteau of "Macintosh Notebook", so it's really not that far removed from "Apple Laptop".
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Re:We’re ending production of Chromecast by entropicdrifter on Tuesday August 06, 2024 @05:29PM (#41175579)
But the point is that they're giving up distinctive, widely-recognized branding for a bland, flavorless alternative
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Re:We’re ending production of Chromecast by bsimpson on Tuesday August 06, 2024 @02:45PM (#41173892)
Google TV was also the name of their failed settop box strategy like a dozen years ago.

I think they gave out one from Logitech (with a keyboard!) at an I/O one year.

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Re:We’re ending production of Chromecast by cubefox on Wednesday August 07, 2024 @06:41PM (#41186291)
> It'd be like if Apple decided to rebrand Macbook to be "Apple Laptop". Sure, it's accurate. It's also crap.

You get used to it. They also called the Apple smartwatch "Apple Watch" from the beginning, and nobody is complaining. So "Apple Laptop" or "Apple Phone" would be just as good.

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