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Netflix Available For Android

Posted by Soulskill on from the branching-out dept.

supersloshy writes "Netflix has just announced the release of a Netflix Android application for streaming movies to Android-powered mobile devices. As streaming movies requires certain features and specifications, only a select number of devices are supported for now."

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  1. Re:Supported devices by x*yy*x · · Score: -1, Troll

    First off, back up your device. This could brick your device.

    Nice. Is Joe Sixpack supposed to do that? I'm not even sure if I want to.

  2. iOS? Check. WinPhone7? Check. Android? NOPE! by krizoitz · · Score: -1, Troll
    Once again the fragmentation of Android rears its ugly head. For the commenters above who talk about rooting their device, here's a hint: the vast majority of the population don't know how to do that, and more importantly SHOULDN'T have to.

    So will Google continue to stick to its "open" (although not really cause the actually control the carriers and let the carriers control the users) mantra even though it leads to problems like this? Or will they admit that "open" has its disadvantages, and for a consumer product in particular it may not always be the best approach and they need to reign things in a bit?

    Actually they seem to be picking a third option, going for tighter control of Android while simultaneously (and hypocritically) still trumpeting about how great Android is because its "open".

    Enjoy your headaches Android users, the rest of us are going to be busy watching Netflix movies.