Google’s reason for ending the Chromecast makes sense, but there’s an obvious problem

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With the launch of the Google TV Streamer earlier this week, the wildly successful Chromecast was put to rest, with the company confirming the device won’t be made anymore.



Google’s reason for doing so makes sense, but does it really align with reality?

The appeal of the Chromecast back in 2013 was that it was a super-cheap, very simple way to get your TV connected to the internet to watch content. No remote needed, and no apps either. It was all done through your phone rather than the TV itself.
That idea was born out of a time when smart TVs were still uncommon, so a cheap HDMI dongle to upgrade a TV made a big impact. But that’s met with the law of diminishing returns over the past 11 years. Even four years ago when the Chromecast with Google TV first launched, smart TVs were pretty ubiquitous, so a cheap dongle that offered a different way to access streaming apps wasn’t really needed for all users.
At this point, Google sees the main purpose of an...

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