Unless you’re an ad-free user with legacy casting tech.

Casting support is still available on older Chromecast devices or TVs that support Google Cast natively, according to Netflix’s support page

  • Tilgare@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 hours ago

    IS IT extra code to maintain though? My understanding of casting is it effectively sends a URL to the receiving device. I would think there’s a negligible amount of development spent on maintaining it. And every media app under the sun supports it, now except for Netflix. 🤦

    • Tire@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      9 hours ago

      In that case maybe Google was gathering too much insight on the content Netflix users were watching. I’ve heard that Amazon (for a while) stopped including product information in their order confirmation emails because Google was gaining product purchase trend data.

      • Tilgare@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        9 hours ago

        This is a VERY interesting thought. I hadn’t considered all the data collection likely available to Google as a result of the casting protocol. This is definitely plausible.