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It seems like this ending was totally predictable at the outset of the project. To me, it sounds like this project was a total hedge against the case that the
by outside1234 9y ago
It seems like this ending was totally predictable at the outset of the project. To me, it sounds like this project was a total hedge against the case that the TV manufacturers didn't play ball and let them ship a Netflix client.
It really sounds like a story that was respun at the end such that the development team didn't realize they were jerked around on a chain the whole time and were just a negotiating strategy.
- scyber 9y agoHindsight is 20/20. It may see predictable now, but this all took place 10 years ago. It was a much different market. Clients on TVs? Not even the iphone had "apps" when this decision was made. I doubt they had considered TV "apps" at the time (if anything they were thinking of stbs).