• can@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    6 months

    Casting support is still available on older Chromecast devices or TVs that support Google Cast natively, according to Netflix’s support page, but only for subscribers on pricier ad-free plans, which start from $17.99 per month. Netflix users with an ad-supported subscription ($7.99 per month) will be unable to cast from their phones even if they own legacy Chromecast devices.

    Scummy

      • yeehaw@lemmy.caEnglish
        6 months

        It costs them more to add config to disable on different plans. So dumb.

        • can@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          6 months

          But how much does it earn them back? Pennies? Doesn’t matter, it’s worth it to them. Even if USA is ending production and Canada stopped years ago.

  • m-p{3}@lemmy.caEnglish
    6 months

    Meanwhile I’m still able to cast anything from my Plex server 😏

  • Phoenixz@lemmy.caEnglish
    6 months

    That’s fine, for a everything else there is jellyfin

    • titanicx@lemmy.zipEnglish
      6 months

      That’s fine, for those that have media. Most people don’t, and don’t want to. I use Plex, have to look at jelly fin.

  • Steve@communick.newsEnglish
    6 months

    When I read the headline without context, I thought casting directors were just casting actors unseen over the phone.
    But this is worse.

  • imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    6 months

    It was already half-dead. Cheapest subscription already had it disabled. I know cause my wife (no idea why) pays for netflix cheapest subscription and she cant use her account on any devices but one or else it will not play anything. Casting didnt work cause this somehow counts as “another device”… Tested on Chromecast 2

      • imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        6 months

        I run Jellyfin but we have already seen 90% of it. I have managed to setup a fully automated Arr stack with Jellyseer but need to deploy rpi3 in my homeland that will act as a VPN so the country I am in wouldn’t bite my ass with a huge fine for torrenting stuff.

        Other than that, we do use Myflixer a ton. She, in fact, is primary user. Thing is, Myflixer is English and Netflix is in local language which even I find it being better for both of us since we are foreigners. This is the reason I have set an Arr stack so I can download movies in local language. But I have to figure out how to get in local private torrent trackers.

        Also, I am watching my Jellyfin instance as I type this comment :)

  • yeehaw@lemmy.caEnglish
    6 months

    Shits coming more and more full circle. Netflix peaked around covid, then enshitification has just intensified since.

    • brax@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      6 months

      It peaked around 2015 or so and has been on a downward spiral since.

  • Lime Buzz (fae/she)@beehaw.orgEnglish
    6 months

    I hope more and more people cancel their netflix subscriptions, then either they change back to when it was good, or die.

  • idriss@lemmy.mlEnglish
    6 months

    People still using Netflix and not torrenting everything?

  • sanzky@beehaw.orgEnglish
    6 months

    I spent too muchtime trying to figure out why they would do casting (like in casting actors for their shows) from a phone.

  • Rikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldEnglish
    5 months

    If I haven’t cancelled Netflix already, I would right now. I cancelled Spotify for the same reason just last week (though in their case it might have been a mistake, but I don’t really expect such mistakes after increasing the cost twice a year).

  • yeehaw@lemmy.caEnglish
    6 months

    Oh wow really? Casting kinda sucked anyways. Why I moved away from Chromecast after so many issues trying to pause or reconnect to it

    • tfm@europe.pubEnglish
      6 months

      That might be true, but it’s still an enshittification that isn’t excusable.