So you admit their content is only good enough for children these days? That would be accurate.
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Netflix Kills Casting From Its Mobile App to Most Modern TVs
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Ah well; I guess my prior experience is a wee bit dated. (My wife and I cancelled quite some time ago.) In any case, it should be pretty clear to anyone paying attention that consumer antagonistic/purely profit motivated changes are entirely in character for Netflix. The real disappointment is that the other streaming services are avidly watching Netflix and following their cues every time Netflix shows yet more revenue gains from these tactics.
"You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain"
As time passes the streaming services become more and more like the cable TV franchises that fostered their existence in the first place. The subscription costs rise, the ads proliferate, the service is ******tified, and in the end streaming is no better than cable TV.
Netflix gets worse and worse... while every other streaming service lets you share with immediate family members, Netflix makes it basically impossible. And their content has been getting worse and worse as time goes by.
Which fails when a child comes over and needs to watch from their queue and is used to streaming from their iPad.
Of course. Just never heard of that, or even know that hotel tvs had the capabilities to receive casting.
I bet this becomes a feature in some brand new top priced package with 4k.
Netflix has quietly removed the ability to cast content from its mobile apps to most modern TVs and streaming devices, including newer Chromecast models and the Google TV Streamer.
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.
The only exception appears to apply to older Chromecast models without remotes, as well as TVs with built-in Google Cast support. However, even on these legacy devices, casting only remains for those on costlier ad-free plans, but it is unavailable for subscribers on Netflix's ad-supported plan.
User reports appear to suggest Netflix began removing the Cast button from its mobile apps in mid-November, but the company provided no advance warning to users. One Reddit user said customer service explained that devices with remotes can no longer cast, claiming the decision was made to improve the customer experience.
The move bears similarities to Netflix's 2019 decision to remove AirPlay support from its iOS app, citing an inability to distinguish between different AirPlay-enabled devices (i.e., what is an Apple TV vs. what isn't) as Apple expanded the technology to third-party TVs.
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Greedy company.
What I believe should still work is connecting your phone directly to the TV via HDMI. This is how I've used various streaming services on my phone when in a hotel. You need a small device to adapt the USB-C to HDMI but otherwise it works well.
I don't want to use the app on a hotel TV (if any) because I don't want to bother with logging in and remembering to log out before I leave.
I don't want to use the app on a hotel TV (if any) because I don't want to bother with logging in and remembering to log out before I leave.
Mind you, a developer at Netflix was almost certainly assigned to scour through the iOS APIs in search of ways to cripple this feature, about three seconds after it was first pointed out in this thread.
For what it's worth, you can obviously still use a laptop in the same fashion. For now.