5mo ago

Netflix accidentally made its content show up in the Apple TV app

www.engadget.com

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Federated streaming service when?
- I think that's just BitTorrent.
  
  Popcorn Time was pretty close
Doesn't Apple do the same thing as Prime video where you can add other subscriptions through their app? Seems like this is a mistake on Apple's part while testing this feature for Netflix.
- Apple provides a system for apps to expose their shows to the TV app; effectively every app other than Netflix uses that system but Netflix intentionally removed themselves from it.
  Which effectively removed Netflix from my viewing habits because I use the TV app to manage all of my other apps/subscriptions, and because Netflix doesn’t show up I never consume their content. I still think it was a really stupid move on the part of Netflix.
  
  Did you unsubscribe from Netflix? If you pay and don't watch, that's actually a good deal for Netflix.
  
  They pulled that same shit on Android as well. But I think they are integrated back in on the current generation of it.
  
  Except Apple doesn’t auto-log-out people in multi-user homes, kinda makes it a PITA to do so, and forces you to have one main account.. that then becomes the nexus for all content the users/family watches.
  So (a) that feed is absolutely useless in these homes and (b) some people don’t want their netflix queue showing up for everyone to see (the kids, for example).
- They do, but apps can integrate their content with the TV app without subscriptions being controlled by Apple as well.
  
  Ahh, so this must be on apple devices only.

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