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Netflix to disappear on older Samsung TVs
Samsung has announced that Netflix will no longer be supported on some of its older smart TVs.
From 1 December, the Netflix app will no longer work on some 2010 and 2011 models due to "technical limitations".
Seven older Roku streaming sticks will also no longer support Netflix from December, Roku told Digital Trends.
Netflix can be watched on smart TVs, set-top boxes, streaming media players and video consoles. Users can check if their devices are compatible here.
Samsung wrote on its support page: "Due to technical limitations, Netflix will no longer be supported on 2010 and 2011 TVs beginning on 1 December 2019.
"If you have one of the affected models, you may see a message on your TV indicating that Netflix will no longer be available on this device. You'll still be able to watch Netflix on your TV by connecting another device with Netflix on it."
(Score: 3, Informative) by D2 on Friday November 08 2019, @06:42PM
Likely streaming code, and counter-piracy code within those codecs. You're worth less than $9 a month to them. Them not plugging stream-capture holes is a risk to IP contracts worth millions. Their apps across all these different devices and codebases are also advancing. Think of it like SSL versions up through TLS1.2: At some point, rework of old code has no ROI, but the old TV's supported streams are all dead / deprecated.
Chances are that when someone managed to get a support agent on the phone, that was why 'no, we're not going to help you roll back to a previous version' was heard. Someone from engineer to support to customer didn't understand it wouldn't matter if they did roll back, if Netflix refused to stream in a codec that could be trivially pirated.