I think it's cute how Google checkout pretends they don't already know your home address and phone number. :)
Yes, the algorithm could probably have predicted you making this comment as well.
Google Chromecast
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#322Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I realise it's twice the price, but an Apple TV will be much simpler to use But it's made by Apple and will require you to install iTunes and iCloud on everything you own and it will only work if you throw away all the equipment you already own and replace them with Apple-made devices. That's potentially quite a grab of money. But that's just the smallest cost: The only reason ever to buy Apple is if you're willing…
I bought the iPad for her this last Christmas. She has yet to "install iTunes and iCloud on everything [she] owns" and is getting along just fine. (Side note: I'm an open source zealot, my e-mail address ends in @gnu.org, and my primary laptop runs Debian GNU/Linux. I also own a MacBook Pro and an iPhone. I like having options too.)
But to use an Apple TV to play or display anything from your network, you will need to publish it via a "iTunes library".
This will require you to install iTunes. If on Windows, iTunes will completely hijack your machine, steal all file-associations and if you're lucky (like I was) completely molest all ID3-tags when attempting to clean up music-metadata, meaning the only "good" copy left of my music's meta-data was the iTunes library. How convenient is that for Apple, eh?
I had to manually go and tag 10000+ MP3s to make them usuable again outside iTunes. But I did that, because to me, choice matters.
If I need to go through that shit again to get an Apple TV to work.... Yeah. Not happening. Ever.
Fuck that shit. I don't say that often on hacker news, but seriously: Fuck that shit.
Re: Google Chromecast
#323Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Apple TV lets you do the same thing with AirPlay, and it works great. With Apple-devices only. The majority of the market has non-Apple devices. And that's across a range of product-classes: Desktops, Laptops and mobile devices. To be able to take advantage of AirPlay you need to be all in all across all those classes. That brings the effective market-share which can use AirPlay (in developed countries) down from a…
> This will be a device people can actually use. Assuming they use Chrome or Android, that is...
> Assuming they use Chrome or Android
Ok. Point. Currently (and maybe for the foreseeable future?) there will be some limitations and requirements.
But Chrome can be installed anywhere, for free. You don't have to throw out everything you own and buy new equipment, like Apple requires you to.
If it's a $0 vs $1000 question, I know which one will win.
Re: Google Chromecast
#324With Chromecast, you can easily enjoy your favorite online entertainment on your HDTV—movies, TV shows, music, and more from Netflix, YouTube, Google Play, and Chrome
...as long as you live in North America.
Re: Google Chromecast
#325Re: Google Chromecast
#326Earlier quoted context omitted.
I bought the iPad for her this last Christmas. She has yet to "install iTunes and iCloud on everything [she] owns" and is getting along just fine. (Side note: I'm an open source zealot, my e-mail address ends in @gnu.org, and my primary laptop runs Debian GNU/Linux. I also own a MacBook Pro and an iPhone. I like having options too.)
But to use an Apple TV to play or display anything from your network, you will need to publish it via a "iTunes library". This will require you to install iTunes. If on Windows, iTunes will completely hijack your machine, steal all file-associations and if you're lucky (like I was) completely molest all ID3-tags when attempting to clean up music-metadata, meaning the only "good" copy left of my music's meta-data was…
You clearly haven't used an Apple TV for many years.