Google is discontinuing the Chromecast line

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Google is discontinuing the Chromecast line
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"Yes I know the customer learned that product name and has a good connotation with it, but how about we change the name to something completely different?"

"Our current product offering is less than $50. We were thinking the next iteration should be $300"

It's also built with the same SoC as Walmart's Google TV box that sells for $50.

Me and my partner have already agreed the Onn. Dongle is what we're getting when google inevitably "accidentally" bricks the Chromecast we got last year