Reddit users thevincentasteroid and MMD3_ posted about an auto-playing video ad (with sound) on the home screen. The ad is for Chicken Tender Wraps from Carl’s Jr. When it begins auto-playing, it pushes all the other UI elements out of focus and goes almost full-screen, returning to the home screen after it has played through once.

    • @dingus
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      1210 months ago

      Idk…I had to throw out my first gen Chromecast because it does fuck all compared to literally any other streaming stick and it could no longer play HD videos without lagging to shit. When they added Android TV, it became a hell of a lot more useful.

    • @Potatos_are_not_friends
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      910 months ago

      I have the first Chromecast. Google emailed me a few years ago that it’s no longer supported, and that it’ll be a brick soon. That was about 3 years ago. As long as I can project my desktop, it works for me!

      And I was getting really concerned about getting the latest model too.

      • @Pretzilla
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        110 months ago

        I just fired my gen1 up on my 1080p screen and it looks like crap. I think they have already deprecated the bandwidth?

      • @d00ery
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        110 months ago

        I’m still on an early gen Chromecast and never see any adverts. Very occasionally crashes (once a fortnight).