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I don't understand Netflix's decision, but I'm long past caring about things like this. I've had PCs hooked up to all of my televisions for the past 15+ years because of how limiting and frustrating using any other device to play media from can be.
What OS do you run? I was thinking of doing this with SteamOS.
As of Nov 10, Netflix removed the ability to cast at all for anybody on the ad-supported tier. A hostile move, but understandable money grubbing. This is less understandable.
It's very understandable. they want to upsell their existing customer base. like you said, money grubbing. they need to grow this quarter, remember?
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BitTorrent → Local Media Player App Still the best way to watch movies and shows. Even if we pay $100 dollars every month to streaming services they will never not be too dumb to know how to make a convenient player that isn't hostile to its users.
It's not about paying them $100. They aren't dumb. They've realized that a large section of people will not bother, and aren't capable of sailing the high seas. Hostile behaviors won't change until it hits their bottom line, and because they are an extremely profitable company, it won't happen for a very long time.
Whatever happened to the media players that had built-in torrent searching and streaming?
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What OS do you run? I was thinking of doing this with SteamOS.
If it's going to be primarily a gaming device then that makes sense, but if not, what do you gain from SteamOS? And why do you want Steam to start on boot? I use Fedora for this purpose, used to use Debian. You really just need a system with a web browser, file browser, media player and torrent client, and some way to remote control the computer from the couch (ideally from a phone). Sadly, I don't know of any nice o…
Netflix seems to basically do everything in their power to own the experience of using Netflix as much as possible, short of making a device and OS themselves. This and refusing to work with the Apple TV app are the 2 big examples that come to mind but there are likely others. I am not really sure what this solves though since you would still be using their app. Them refusing to work with the Apple TV app was one of…
> Them refusing to work with the Apple TV app Not that I think Netflix is being anything other than shitty here. But Apple TV is equally egregious in not supporting Chromecast.
In this particular situation I am referring to the Apple TV App not the OS or Hardware. The ability to find shows and movies to watch across all (except netflix) of your streaming services.
According to the article they dropped support for Airplay a while ago.
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>I'd prefer video streaming apps be required to support Casting/AirPlay. Do you mean required by law ?
Required by store ?
I remember the time when smart homes used to feature in sci-fi literature and concept videos. Being able to walk around your house while having everything seamlessly synced and tailored to your preferences was clearly the future. TV, movies and music automatically playing in whatever room your enter. Files and all other data seamlessly synced between all your devices. Not having to think about how to make the tech wo…
I don't understand Netflix's decision, but I'm long past caring about things like this. I've had PCs hooked up to all of my televisions for the past 15+ years because of how limiting and frustrating using any other device to play media from can be.
> The change was first spotted by users on Reddit and confirmed in an updated Netflix support page (via Android Authority), which now states that the streaming service no longer supports casting from mobile devices to most TVs and TV-streaming devices. Users are instead directed to use the remote that came with their TV hardware and use its native Netflix app. My guess is that adblock became too easy on smartphones,…