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This is very frustrating. But it does serve as yet another reminder of the dangers inherent to closed ecosystems. I think it is great that I can cast my Amazon Prime Video from the app to my Chromecast, but I have been around long enough to remember that was not always the case (and I also will not be surprised if (when) I wake up one day and that functionality is no longer available). And don't even get me started on the joys of trying to use a Chromecast from an Android device without the Google Play Servies rootkit....

More and more I find myself investing in open systems (playing my own movies off of my Plex server...).

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> More and more I find myself investing in open systems (playing my own movies off of my Plex server...).

Plex may have a free to use tier, but it is not an open system.

I like Jellyfin as a plex alternative. Many others exist.

Been using Plex but thanks for mentioning this. I think I'm going to try switching to Jellyfin

I setup Jellyfin recently, and it was pretty quick and easy and has been working well.

Indeed, and last I looked had at least Google analytics/tracking emedded.

> This is very frustrating. But it does serve as yet another reminder of the dangers inherent to closed ecosystems.

The bulk of the code in my day job is deeply proprietary and runs on deeply proprietary, closed systems: stuff like 40 year old COBOL running on CICS on zOS.

The problem is not that the system is closed. The problem is that some vendors have an institutional sense of responsibility to their customers. Others have nothing but contempt.

Yes, it is perverse how intolerant devs tend to be toward old systems that perform valuable service and make a lot of money. There are some interesting ideas in those older systems designed to run with incredibly small resource constraints. That said, I think it's also true that incentives aren't always aligned when it comes time to port away from the entrenched environment, as these projects, if successful, constitute a real loss of income for the older devs.

I have some hopes with regards casting thanks to Matter (IoT protocol which has an extension for TV). I'm not saying a lot of hopes, but still a bit.

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