Comments on: Even Netflix Can’t Avoid Android Fragmentation

By: VLC pronto llegará para Android « Blog DDS.media

VLC pronto llegará para Android « Blog DDS.media — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 16:15:24 +0000

[...] en el apartado multimedia, y es una de las razones por las que todavía no se puede contar con una aplicación de Netflix para los dispositivos [...]

By: VLC for Android Coming Soon : Video «

VLC for Android Coming Soon : Video « — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 22:01:34 +0000

[...] Most VLC libraries have already been ported to Android. Still, Kempf cautioned that issues with specific devices could delay the release. Android’s device fragmentation has been a long-running issue for developers especially in the multimedia space, and it’s one of the reasons that there still isn’t a Netflix app available for Android devices. [...]

By: T. Hill

T. Hill — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 08:20:26 +0000

My Slingbox software streams just fine to Android 2.2.

By: Doug

Doug — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 20:08:16 +0000

All you Android fanboys are raving that this is not about fragmentation, but about Android not offering a secure DRM solution as part of their platform (as if that’s a good thing). You may all want to live in a universe where premium content is available for free, but that’s not realistic. So in the real world, Android is a fragmented platform for premium content providers, since it’s up to each device manufacturer to implement their own flavor of DRM.

By: Rich

Rich — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 08:12:33 +0000

Dear Netflix, please make an android app, so that the hackers can hack it to work on all android systems. Thank you.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 01:26:07 +0000

I guess we don’t have a lot of content folks reading this. The problem is not Netflix, nor is it Android. It is the content providers that do not want to risk their content. Could Netflix do it technically? Absolutely. Why do they require the strong DRM? That is the requirement (and likely legal arrangement) placed on them by the content providers to enable such broad access to content. If they neglect this, they lose their content and their customer base.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 17:22:14 +0000

LOL.

And then they turn around and call people that use an iPhone: fanboy fanatics.

:rollseyes:

By: toml

toml — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 14:00:40 +0000

Great comments to this bogus article.

You commenters are right: It’s a DRM issue that has nothing at all to do with fragmentation.

I also applaud Google for not baking in DRM into Android. I take an open OS without Netflix over a closed OS with Netflix any day.

And it’s true, as Android will soon dominate the smartphone market almost like Windows dominates the PC market, Netflix needs Android more than Android needs Netflix.

The great thing is, unlike the Windows monopoly on the PC market, the Android monopoly ob the smartphone market will NOT stifle innovation.

I am glad that this time around it’s an open OS that wins. Because of Android’s open nature, everyone can take it and innovate on top of it.

Fragmentation is an important part of the plan! It’s our (i.e. the consumers’) insurance that innovation will never end in the smartphone market.

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By: Roddery

Roddery — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 22:28:08 +0000

i LOVE netflix, but come on…

Android is rising at a pace that it will quickly become the defacto mobile OS

Netflix needs Android far more than Android needs Netflix