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I suspect that casting might have been used by people to easily capture and share Netflix shows illegally, so they just shut it down.
No, apparently it's just tied to premium subscription.
No, not really. "Casting" through the netflix app basically just turns your phone into a remote for your TV. The TV still plays videos from Netflix directly, using the Netflix app (or website). Casting using Google or Apple's solution casts to a proprietary device with all the content protections functional, just like using the app on those devices.
The content protections are bypassed way easier on a computer by using the website and some black magic. The removal/paywalling of casting is purely removing convenience from the user that had barely any financial impact on the company.
Account sharing = IE watching Netflix with the family over the holidays and just casting instead of having to have someone log in and use their authorized devices. This timing was intentional
Yeah, that's a good one. Forcing an account to be setup on the TV. We do that all the time at our folks.
This is the only way this makes sense to me. But I still hate it