Cast isn’t gone, but it might not work.

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

  • 9point6@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    1 month ago

    Lol why?

    Genuinely seems pretty arbitrary given you need to use their app to start the cast anyway

    • watson@lemmy.worldEnglish
      81·
      1 month ago

      Because fuck you, that’s why. I’m sure they will re-introduce the feature behind a paywall soon.

      ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

      Once you tell a company that you are willing to pay for something more than once, prepare to get fucked, because that’s all you’re gonna get. And not the fun kind.

      • kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        1·
        1 month ago

        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.

        Paywall already there. Excerpt taken from the linked article.

    • Zak@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      1 month ago

      The fact that casting to older devices is allowed on the expensive plan but not the ad-supported one offers a clue.

    • toynbee@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 month ago

      Over the last weekend I was surprised to learn that you can’t stream from the mobile web interface of at least some, if not most, of the streaming apps.