Streaming Netflix still works from MAC/PC, but personalized recommendations are absent from the front page.
So I think this is a win in terms of decoupled services and degraded mode functionality.
I expect they probably pushed out some code too hastily due to the recent licensing hoo-hah with the media companies (and can't just roll back because of said hoo-hah).
OTOH, on the Apple TV it just said "Netflix is unavailable" when you picked that option. And it didn't work at all in the iOS app, just a white screen on app launch. So decoupling / degrading only works great if you apply it to every platform.
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Streaming Netflix still works from MAC/PC, but personalized recommendations are absent from the front page.
So I think this is a win in terms of decoupled services and degraded mode functionality.
I expect they probably pushed out some code too hastily due to the recent licensing hoo-hah with the media companies (and can't just roll back because of said hoo-hah).
OTOH, on the Apple TV it just said "Netflix is unavailable" when you picked that option. And it didn't work at all in the iOS app, just a white screen on app launch. So decoupling / degrading only works great if you apply it to every platform.