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Part of it is how often do people buy TVs? I doubt if I've bought one in over 15 years.

A quick Google says that 40M televisions are sold in the US every year, into a market with 130M households. So... a whole lot more often than once every decade and half.

I assume a lot new "households" are created every year. Once a stable household is established it would surprise me a bit if TVs were regularly repurchased.

The whole thread is about Google discontinuing a physical product, not a feature baked into TV's. I've never seen the product they're discontinuing IRL.

I believe this varies widely by region. In Europe, I've never seen a TV with built-in Google Cast support, but many do support Airplay.