Personally I resent the fact that Amazon has done everything in their power as a company to make it so I cannot stream amazon prime to my chromecast.
That alone has tarnished my opinion of the company.
That alone has tarnished my opinion of the company.
Unless I use Chrome. Which I don't. Or Android. Which is annoying if I look at something on my laptop.
As for Android, I was fairly certain iOS at least can cast as my Apple fanboy roommate was having fun messing with the volume and pausing playback.
But it's a crutch AND doesn't allow the same stuff: If I watch a YT video, it's in my browser. No way to throw it at the TV. If I watch Twitch, it's in my browser. No way to throw it at the TV.
Maybe it can handle URLs. But if I have to copy the URL, paste it somewhere, fiddle to get to the same spot in the video ... then I can just launch Chrome and curse just as much.
(Highly ironic that the player offers the option to install a Chrome extension to open movies in SodaPlayer. For me the whole selling point of the thing would be to .. not need Chrome ofc)
Personally Recommended (due to no having zero issues using):
https://github.com/muammar/mkchromecast
https://github.com/xat/castnow
https://github.com/Pat-Carter/stream2chromecastPublishing YouTube app on Windows Phone requires Google to put extra effort into developing an app for a completely new platform which I assume requires lot of engineering effort.
Selling Chromecast on Amazon probably does not cost Amazon any extra engineering effort. So, I do not believe that the two situations are equivalent.
It's fairly straightforward as these things go, but to suggest it doesn't require anything is flat out wrong.
That alone has tarnished my opinion of the company.
They had a nice YouTube app, too. Then, just took it away. Even has casting from the YouTube iOS app.
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It's like deciding who gets to sit at the Cool Kids table at lunch.
It's amazing how once Google retaliated Amazon finally allows chromecast on their store (but no streaming!)
Too bad our services vanish from thin air when it happens, instead of any actual resolution.
But now that Amazon purchased Twitch they removed the Twitch app from the Roku. Use to be a fan of Amazon but this is ridiculous behavior in their part.
What do you think about Google not allowing iOS or Firefox to become cast sources, or FireTV to act as a cast targetI just opened firefox up and had no issue casting from it. According to the below support thread[1] you may need to enable a flag in the about:config page. Although I didn't need too.
Does that piss you off, or are your feelings of outrage only limited to our own personal convenience?
[0] - https://developer.amazon.com/docs/fire-tv/faq-general.html
https://developers.google.com/cast/
Amazon is the one banning it.
Amazon is the one stopping casting from their devices. Not Google. Google Cast is free to setup for. https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/design_checklist/
Nothing needs to be sold through Google Cast, no royalties, etc. All Amazon has to do is SUPPORT it. Or atleast allow homegrown solutions to thrive.
I agree this is a stupid 'feud' that only hurts consumers and I have my likes and dislikes for both companies but if you cannot see the difference here then I'm not sure how to help.