It feels like every other week we get news of Netflix performing some kind of new “crackdown” that makes it less convenient to watch things. From password sharing to number of profiles to devices per account, Netflix has consistently peeled away things they once said they didn’t care about. The latest removal has us scratching our heads a bit. In news we saw at The Verge, Netflix has (rather unceremoniously) ceased allowing users to cast programming from their phones to televisions, except in the cases of some older Chromecast devices.
An updated help page on Netflix’s website, first reported by Android Authority, says that the streaming service “no longer supports casting shows from a mobile device to most TVs and TV-streaming devices,” and instead instructs people to use the app and the TV remote. A user on Reddit reported that casting support was removed on November 10th “with zero warning.”
The exceptions to this appears to be users with older Chromecast devices or TVs with native Google Cast ability. Those users need to have one of the ad-free tiers to do that, however. That’s at least $17.99 per month. Anyone with an ad-supported tier will not have that ability.
Now, the biggest question about this decision (which Netflix does not answer anywhere on their support page) is why? Perhaps it has to do with the number of people using that function versus the time and energy it takes to support it. It also might, like removing AirPlay capability in 2019, have to do with the “standard of quality for viewing” Netflix cited. In any case, Netflix was once the most user-friendly service in the streaming game and more and more that’s going the way of DVD mailing.
Kyle Anderson is the Senior Editor for Nerdist. He hosts the weekly pop culture deep-dive podcast Laser Focus. You can find his film and TV reviews here. Follow him on Letterboxd.
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