Chromecast has the really nice advantage of the fact that when friends or family visit they can cast THEIR content to your TV without needing to sign in to your STB.
How is that an advantage over the Apple ecosystem? When I visit my parents I can stream random stuff to their Apple TV or their Airport Expresses without doing anything besides getting on the WiFi network.
Uh, no, that's not true at all. Chromecast works with Netflix, Pandora, etc... None of which are part of the "Google ecosystem". And you can cast from just about every device.
