Even if it takes a few years to establish a market for it, AVP isn't going away. Netflix will eventually develop a native app for VisionOS. Hopefully watching NF in Safari will be good enough until then.
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Netflix Not Developing App for Vision Pro Because Headset is 'Subscale' and 'Not Relevant' to Subscribers
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I am reminded of how I don't go to the cinema anymore these days, because the perceived drawbacks (higher ticket prices, travel time, 10-20 min long adverts, inconvenient timings etc) outweighed the excitement of viewing it on the big screen. Streaming solved all that for me. I can watch in the comfort of my own home, rewind as many times as I want, pause to use the washroom, and even consume the show in multiple sittings.
Vision Pro could be that "F1" moment for yes, someone like myself who isn't exactly into racing, but might be interested to check out the sport if the right UI and the right viewing experience could be provided for me. Come to think of it, there really is a lot of room to rethink how sports is currently consumed in the living room. 🤔
"barely functional"????
"********* apps I’ve ever seen"
Those are exaggerations that defy credibility. Granted, it's not a great GUI, but it works. I'm more interested in content and quality of video and audio, which is very good on Paramount. 4K Dolby Vision and Atmos on Paramount are excellent. While the haters are debating which GUI is the worst, I'll be watching the Superbowl in 4K on my Vision Pro on Paramount, and I promise you that I won't have the slightest problem navigating to the game with Paramount's GUI. I'll also watch some of the game on my 75" Sony Z9K miniLED with Master Backlight Drive. Enjoy whatever you decide to watch on Netflix.
Cool anecdote. Proves basically nothing since the vast majority of people watch together, not ensconced in an isolation mask.
Back to this silliness?
No presentation inside a VR helmet is going to replace the actual experience of going to an F1 event.
Of course I do. But it seems as though a lot of people here imagine that they are EVERYONE. That somehow their anecdotal experiences are universal. It’s very amusing.
Yeah, but the thing is that I am never ever going to attend an F1 event, so that in itself is already a moot point.
Sad for you, I guess. When I’m into a sport I want to go see it live.
And let’s not lie to ourselves here. These presentations won’t be free. Just how much do you suppose the FIA will demand from viewers per F1 race? Monaco for instance? Or the NFL for a Super Bowl? Or the NBA for a playoff game that’s blacked out in your area?
The extra charges that are coming for this platform are going to blow people’s hair back, which won’t be a huge problem since their dopey VR headgear will have already destroyed their hairdo.
It can't be more expensive than me taking the time to fly all the way to Monaco, for one.
Given how many interviews and press releases they’ve done since the launch and the fact that they wouldn’t let even the iPad app run on the VP, I bet this is a negotiating tactic so they can get some kind of special deal out of Apple. I wouldn’t be surprised they already have an app ready internally, just waiting for the right time to release.
Netflix can see your user agent when you open Netflix in safari, you don't have to do anything except open safari and goto Netflix
Although I really dislike Microsoft, Tim Cook could learn an important lesson from Steve Ballmer:
Maybe apple should be giving Netflix 30% of every vision pro sold.
It's possible that they learned their lessons on not releasing to small platforms early. It's also not helpful that Netflix and Apple has a contentious relationship, and they both compete on Apple's fully controlled turf.
This is what people have such a had time
Why wouldn't Netflix want full control of the experience?
TO me it makes perfect sense why they denied the app.
I wish Apple had never introduced this flag. There was never a flag like this to prevent iPhone apps from running on iPad. It's frustrating to me that some relatively simple apps that cost $10 on my iPhone cost me $50 on my Mac and yet adds nothing to the experience, I just want to be able to jot down my to-do list when I'm seated at my computer sometimes. Even worse is when they turn off support and yet they have no other app available. It's just vindictive! I remember there used to be a hack to get around this and I think it was patched at some point.
I am pretty sure Apple is happy to just wait them out.
We’ll find out in a couple days if this is true, or if Netflix done something else to purposely degrade the quality via Vision Pro safari
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Woooosh. Point missed. Point being, expect to get soaked for this kind of content. Just look at what the FIA, NBA, and NFL already charge for standard content.
To be fair that was when Netflix was just throwing money away in content and development. Now they are a lot more money conscious
It’s not as bad as you say it is. Besides I access their content directly from Apple TV app, no need to use their app.