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Re: Chromecast update breaks AllCast

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Post by realcul »

abraham wrote: post #111
nivla wrote: post #97

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> We expect that the SDK will continue to change before we launch out of developer preview, and want to provide a great experience for users and developers before making the SDK and additional apps more broadly available. Then why are they offering it in retail stores like best buy? Sucks that you buy something for feature X and few days later an update comes through getting rid of it. Does anyone know how hard is it…

> Sucks that you buy something for feature X and few days later an update comes through getting rid of it. You really shouldn't buy products because of an un-official feature hidden in a preview of a developer SDK.

would you have the same reaction if Microsoft/Apple actively blocks a user functionality that the device and software is capable of... official or unofficial the developer demonstrated that a scenario can work..why go out of way to block it.. looks like this is a new trend for Google - maps on Windows Phone, youtube app on Windows Phone....

Re: Chromecast update breaks AllCast

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Post by BitMastro »

realcul wrote: post #121
abraham wrote: post #111

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Sucks that you buy something for feature X and few days later an update comes through getting rid of it. You really shouldn't buy products because of an un-official feature hidden in a preview of a developer SDK.

would you have the same reaction if Microsoft/Apple actively blocks a user functionality that the device and software is capable of... official or unofficial the developer demonstrated that a scenario can work..why go out of way to block it.. looks like this is a new trend for Google - maps on Windows Phone, youtube app on Windows Phone....

Would you have the same reaction if you were using undocumented APIs in Windows or iPhone private APIs and then they changed them?

There is an unofficial way and that is putting your device in developer mode.

Re: Chromecast update breaks AllCast

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Post by sologoub »

sologoub wrote: post #118

Just got my Chromecast that I ordered in July and am profoundly disappointed. For a device with such high potential, it really did not deliver on the promise. Here's what I expected: 1) AirPlay alternative via Google Chrome/Chromecast. 2) Reasonable picture quality and fit. 3) Possibly an office alternative to Apple TV for presentations. While yes, this thing can project your browser tab on to the TV, there is severe…

Update:

Using YouTube with Nexus7 and Chromecast actually works a lot better than using a Mac. That said, I have not been able to play a movie I had bought on the Play store and downloaded to the device using the store app... again, maybe user error.

Re: Chromecast update breaks AllCast

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Post by _nullandnull_ »

gosub wrote: post #37
_nullandnull_ wrote: post #19

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No, but Newspeak is the official new language at Google.

Well newspeak[1] was created by Gilad Bracha. He now works for Google, he was one of the creators of Dart. So, almost. [1] http://newspeaklanguage.org/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspeak

Re: Chromecast update breaks AllCast

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Post by munificent »

abraininavat wrote: post #64
munificent wrote: post #48

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This is your friendly reminder that slippery slope is a logical fallacy.

This is your friendly reminder that jlgreco's is not a deductive argument and that most of the logic we base our everyday decisions on would be called logical fallacies. It's time for a Fallacy Fallacy, I think. This is also your friendly reminder that jlgreco wasn't even employing "slippery slope" logic. He wasn't arguing that employing a cost comparison will lead inevitably to employing further cost comparisons. He…

This is my friendly reminder to finish my coffee before commenting on the internet.

Re: Chromecast update breaks AllCast

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Post by nitrogen »

BitMastro wrote: post #122
realcul wrote: post #121

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would you have the same reaction if Microsoft/Apple actively blocks a user functionality that the device and software is capable of... official or unofficial the developer demonstrated that a scenario can work..why go out of way to block it.. looks like this is a new trend for Google - maps on Windows Phone, youtube app on Windows Phone....

Would you have the same reaction if you were using undocumented APIs in Windows or iPhone private APIs and then they changed them? There is an unofficial way and that is putting your device in developer mode.

Would you have the same reaction if you were using undocumented APIs in Windows...

Microsoft is bad at many things, but until recently, they were very good at backward compatibility. They knew people were using undocumented APIs, so they went out of their way to preserve bug-for-bug compatibility in a lot of cases.

On the other hand, they also went out of their way to use undocumented APIs and API changes to give Word an advantage over Word Perfect....

Re: Chromecast update breaks AllCast

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Post by abraham »

nitrogen wrote: post #126
BitMastro wrote: post #122

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Would you have the same reaction if you were using undocumented APIs in Windows or iPhone private APIs and then they changed them? There is an unofficial way and that is putting your device in developer mode.

Would you have the same reaction if you were using undocumented APIs in Windows... Microsoft is bad at many things, but until recently, they were very good at backward compatibility. They knew people were using undocumented APIs, so they went out of their way to preserve bug-for-bug compatibility in a lot of cases. On the other hand, they also went out of their way to use undocumented APIs and API changes to give Wor…

MS has only been good at backwards compatibility when it is in their best interest. Usually because a major partner was the one using an undocumented API with millions of users. In this case it was a person hacking some code together on a product less than a month old with probably only a few thousand people using the app that broke.
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