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Chromecast degoogling? (lemm.ee)
submitted 1 year ago by dexahtm@lemm.ee to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
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On my chromecast i have Google and Google Assistant disabled. I also have Projectivy launcher. I want to know how to degoogle it further, i am too scared to disable google play services because i don't have aurora store here. I also replaced Gboard with a open source alternative. Any ideas?

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[–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

I'm dead keen to know. Just bought one, but want to use it without giving google everything about me.

Or, is there a privacy respecting alternative?

[–] IntenseCalm@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Anything you can play with VLC is able to cast. If you use a client like NewPipe for YouTube, you can set it up to play videos externally with VLC

[–] SpezCanLigmaBalls@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Damn you said chrome cast and made me think I can get an actual dashboard on mine

[–] Luccajan@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I thought the new one had a built in dashboard

[–] SpezCanLigmaBalls@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Aren’t those called google TVs?

[–] dexahtm@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I always thought the chromecast always had a dashboard until now. The new one is essentialy just android

[–] CaptObvious@literature.cafe 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m interested to know this too. Although mine are only used to stream YouTube, so Google isn’t getting anything new from the Chromecast.

[–] dexahtm@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I only use mine for Youtube too. Make sure to use SmartTube tho https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartTubeNext

[–] azerial@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

You could use a pihole to further block tracking, but you might have mixed results. I'm sure someone has a suggestion relevant to pihole and Chromecast out there.

[–] gila@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Not without unlocking the bootloader, which is locked up tight on all CCwGTV models especially since the OTA update to Android 12

[–] CoachDom@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

1uping this one !