What I find the most ridiculous about this, is the comments on the original discussion that claim "this is such an apple move" - and completely miss the fact the functionality Google never provided, and is now explicitly blocking, has been provided out of the box by AppleTV from the start.
Basically an update broke undocumented functionality that doesn't meant there won't be an option to stream local media, as Google explains:
We’re excited to bring more content to Chromecast and would like to support all types of apps, including those for local content. It's still early days for the Google Cast SDK, which we just released in developer preview for early development and testing only. 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.
So, because they don't often enforce the rule, it's OK?
Bullshit. Are you seriously telling me that Google, with all it's lawyers couldn't find a way to say "if your use of the service degrades other people's use, or our network, you're out" without putting a blanket ban on "servers" ??
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[ 3.1 ms ] story [ 25.6 ms ] threadWe’re excited to bring more content to Chromecast and would like to support all types of apps, including those for local content. It's still early days for the Google Cast SDK, which we just released in developer preview for early development and testing only. 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.
http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/25/4657202/google-blocks-chro...
I think the jokes are already on Gruber, his "comments" are getting tired and predictable.
> would like to
to mean
> we definitely will
This is the same company that publicly defended net neutrality until it happened to be in the position of providing network access to customers.
Bullshit. Are you seriously telling me that Google, with all it's lawyers couldn't find a way to say "if your use of the service degrades other people's use, or our network, you're out" without putting a blanket ban on "servers" ??