[untog]

> Yes, vastly used. Just look at Youtube.

The service that also provides H264 versions of its content, you mean? Which is the point I already made.

> How do you know what's in the users interest? [...] If battery really is a concern (assuming it is)

Well, Apple is heavy-handed with its users. They make a lot of assumptions about what is best for them, and this is one of them.

> don't watch lengthy videos (1-2 hours) on an iOS device.

I suspect Netflix would disagree with you.

[gsich]

They don't know whats best for them if there is a user who wants something different. You might invoke appealing to the mass here, that doesn't make it true however.

Netflix on an iPhone? Probably not. At least not holding it in your hand for 2 hours.

[acdha]

> Netflix on an iPhone? Probably not. At least not holding it in your hand for 2 hours.

Do you have data to support this or are you just assuming that your personal tastes are universal? I see quite a few people watching videos on phones or tablets – ever see parents loading up their kid’s iPad before a flight?

[gsich]

This may be: http://www.businessinsider.sg/netflix-has-300-million-viewer...

With 80% on a "big" device.

I also watch videos, but "video" is not a movie or series. Video sounds more like 15 min. max and/or not "cinematic".

[ascorbic]

I'm not sure what point you're making. 20% is still tens of millions of people watching Netflix (so movies and series) on mobile devices.

[untog]

> They don't know whats best for them if there is a user who wants something different.

Obviously. But that's not how Apple works. You do things their way, or you get an Android phone/Windows laptop. They make the choices for users, and judging by market share a very solid number of people are very content with that arrangement.