That sucks my dude, it sounds like some really shitty people ruined something you liked. So far I’ve found that the only way to protect yourself against that stuff is to set healthy boundaries. It doesn’t have to be rude, but unfortunately some people see it that way. It’s a rough time.
I think it’s nice of you not to be mean. The industry turned me a bit mean as a defence against people constantly shoveling more work onto me. Try to protect it if you can! I miss my lack of mean dearly.
I tried to look into this for a bit, but unfortunately nothing yet matches the Chromecast experience for me just yet.
I found my old Chromecast just wasn’t running current versions of the streaming apps, let alone 4k. I ended up getting a new one, it does run a lot better and more independently than the one I had from 2013. I have hooked up vlc on it to a file share on my PC and the convenience is extremely nice.
Any recommendations for a beginner or hobbiest? I’m going to assume it goes beyond writing more performant code