Netflix forums have been dead for years now... So it is not a surprise. But still I am sad to see the oData catalog shutting down which mean that my 4 stars iOS

Netflix forums have been dead for years now... So it is not a surprise. But still I am sad to see the oData catalog shutting down which mean that my 4 stars iOS/Android/Kindle app will have to be removed from their respective stores. It is always a trade off when you are relying on API: on one side you can focus solely on the project core values knowing that the underlying data will be provided, on the other side if you build everything including what an API provides you are ending building up a different business.