Netflix, like any other company that relies on apps to provide its service to its usersputs a lot of care into itand so much so that it is relatively common for new features related to service functions to reach the apps before the web interface of the service. And the fact is that, although those of us who have been using the PC since the time when the year in which we lived began with 19 often forget, the use of smartphones (and even more so if we also add that of tablets) is higher, in percentage, than that of the PC.
However, this commitment to constant renewal, to very frequent updating of apps, generally accompanied by new features, or at least improvements in their functioning, has a counterpart, and that is that in many cases it is necessary to optimize the underlying development cycle. The adoption of methodologies such as DevOps facilitates the rapid deployment of updates and new functions, but it necessarily requires establishing priorities, and with it also exclusions that may affect the desired agility.
In some cases, Added to this are the platforms’ own policies. These conditions also have a direct impact on the development tools provided by the developers themselves. For a number of reasons, these companies (mainly Apple and Google) tend to place limitations on the scope of new developments for older versions of their operating systems, i.e. Android and iOS, which of course affects users of devices that are already a few years old.
So, again we find movement in this direction. And it is that, as we read on 9to5Mac, Upcoming Netflix app updates will be incompatible with iOS 16 (and previous versions, of course), as the service itself has begun to inform its users through notifications in the app itself. It is not yet clear, however, whether this limitation already applies to the most recent update, whether it will do so to the next one, or whether some more time will still have to pass.
This does not mean, however, that users of devices with iOS 16 and its derivatives will be left without access to the service. What it means is that They will have to stay with the latest version of the Netflix app compatible with their devices.and continue using it until, in the future, the company decides that it is too obsolete and, consequently, can no longer be used to access the service.
There will be opinions for all tastes, I’m sure, but personally this It seems to me a very clear case of planned obsolescenceNow, we would need to have all the data to know if we should blame Apple, Netflix or a little bit each of them.
Source: www.muycomputer.com
