Because, fuck you, that’s why. I’m sure they will re-introduce the feature behind a paywall soon.
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Comment on Netflix kills casting from phones
9point6@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Lol why?
Genuinely seems pretty arbitrary given you need to use their app to start the cast anyway
watson@lemmy.world 1 month ago
kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Casting support is still available on older Chromecast devices or TVs that support Google Cast natively, according to Netflix’s support page, but only for subscribers on pricier ad-free plans, which start from $17.99 per month. Netflix users with an ad-supported subscription ($7.99 per month) will be unable to cast from their phones even if they own legacy Chromecast devices.
Paywall already there. Excerpt taken from the linked article.
watson@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Yikes. You know, I just in comfort the “pay for ad free” sales pitch for renewing my Amazon subscription. Shit bags.
toynbee@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Over the last weekend I was surprised to learn that you can’t stream from the mobile web interface of at least some, if not most, of the streaming apps.
AlfredoJohn@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Use desktop mode on the broswer and then just use regular screen sharing. Its how I block ads on prime video since i can still use ad block on firefox and just stream to my tv instead of using the native app on the tv with ads. I assume the same thing will work with Netflix as well. Worst case if you have a samsung device use dex to stream the device to the tv open a browser with ad block and then watch the show. Or alternarively just pirate the content and forget about the shitty streaming services
LiveLM@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
I was gonna say this could be a way to make account sharing more annoying, so say if you go to a friend’s house and you gotta fiddle to log in with the remote instead of picking up your phone and starting a cast they might be motivated to get their own subscription.
But it seems you can still log into an account by scanning a QR Code, so… ehh???atrielienz@lemmy.world 1 month ago
My understanding is they already made it more annoying. Your devices have to connect to the home accounts “home” wifi within a certain amount of time or that device gets locked out.
I quit Netflix when they announced the pilot program for removing account sharing in South America, and I stand by that decision to this day.
Zak@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The fact that casting to older devices is allowed on the expensive plan but not the ad-supported one offers a clue.