[ocdtrekkie]

Obviously that is an example of incredible corporate dysfunction. But perhaps you would know, because it always blew my mind: Is there any reason the Nexus Q couldn't have been adapted to at least... be a Chromecast? The Nexus Q's function in YouTube and such was directly replaced by the Chromecast function... and I presume processing power wasn't an issue...

It feels like if there wasn't an insurmountable incompatibility issue, the Nexus Q could've/should've been able to run alongside Chromecast as a high-end version... and probably still work today if a single "convert to Chromecast" sort of update had been developed for it.

I still have it somewhere... easily the nicest piece of hardware I ever owned, and disappointingly, the one that lasted the shortest time.

[dmitrygr]

Its successor (now android tv) do have this ability. All work on q stopped at that time