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by trunnell 197 days ago
Have you considered the possibility that much like App Store rules, Apple's requirements for "catalog indexing" go far, far beyond the Netflix catalog merely showing up in TV app?

Perhaps the judgement about Netflix being anti-consumer might be hard to sustain if you could more fully inspect the details of what Apple requires.
1 comments
lotsofpulp 197 days ago
No, and the proof is that some Netflix employee(s) “accidentally” enabled the integration in Feb 2025:

https://www.theverge.com/news/612911/netflix-apple-tv-app-su...

And then Netflix immediately disabled it:

https://www.theverge.com/news/613307/netflix-apple-tv-app-su...

Everyone else allows their content to be indexed, and does not pay Apple anything for it. Disney, Paramount, HBO, Peacock, they all could have refused like Netflix.

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