Netflix Kills Casting From Its Mobile App to Most Modern TVs

[bLackjackj]

it's time to start a mass exit from Netflix, They will keep doing things like this until the people make their voices heard. Get rid of your Netflix account

So why don’t you?!,..I didint think so. Everyone always shouts, yet how have the sub numbers simply gone up.

 

[bmark]

Netflix is a horrible streaming service unless you enjoy them pushing very questionable content!

 

[jimscard]

I didn't even know it could do this...but I don't have any streaming apps on my phone to notice. Why would you want to cast vs just logging in?

I go over to a friend’s house who doesn’t have Netflix. I cast a movie from my phone to her TV and we watch it together. When I go home, she can’t watch anything else because the connection disconnects when I stop casting.
So now, I have to log in to the Netflix app on her tv. Which counts as sharing my account and violates that rule.
So I end up paying for her to have Netflix too.
Netflix wins, we lose.

 

[I7guy]

So does airplay 2 still work?

 

[bLackjackj]

So I end up paying for her to have Netflix too.
Netflix wins, we lose.

Relax. You can log into her TV, watch and log out. It’s no different to using a hotel TV. You don’t need to pay for an extra sub, as YOU are watching on YOUR account.

 

[szw-mapple fan]

In completely unrelated news, Plex’s casting feature works just fine.

 

[Hooyah]

It’s way cheaper now to just Google TinyZone and keep your fingers on CMD+W to close the pop up ads and screen mirror to your Apple TV than waste your time with any of these subscriptions.

 

[svish]

Have been a long time since I used casting feature. Don't think I will be missing it. Nowadays I use only the app on smart tv for viewing Netflix.