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Comment by markshepard | Hacker News Reader

Do you think the intent of the post is to complain about SDK compatibility ? :)

I think he was saying that this is a case of Hanlon's razor[1]. i.e. this situation could be easily explained by simple api churn (and the fact that the OP was using an undocumented api), so it may not be appropriate to ascribe malice without evidence.

  [1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon's_razor

I agree with your point.

The larger implication (not withstanding using documented or undocumented API) is violation of general assumption that Chromecast will be open and idie friendly than the Apple TV.

Even if the OP had used a documented API, the developer warning is clear that any and all API can be changed.

You should have seen the reaction to this on Reddit/r/Android.

I thought Google made it clear from the beginning that this was intended to be a beta release until testing was done. Looking at Reddit I was shocked to see the number of people who think Google is trying to force them into buying from the Play Store.

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