878643 - netflix.com doesn't recognize Fennec or B2G UA as mobile

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Web Compatibility :: Site Reports, defect)

Description

[Lawrence Mandel [:lmandel] (use needinfo)]

netflix.com serves a desktop site to B2G. Bug 823364 added an UA override for this domain. The override should be removed once the domain serves mobile content to B2G. This bug tracks the evangelism for the site to recognize the B2G UA and the removal of the override at that time.

Comment 1

[Lawrence Mandel [:lmandel] (use needinfo)]

netflix.com also doesn't recognize Fennec as mobile.

Comment 2

[Karl Dubost💡 :karlcow]

Lawrence, 
(because you already tested.)
Do you know which devices/browsers are currently supported on the netflix Web site?

Comment 3

[Lawrence Mandel [:lmandel] (use needinfo)]

IIRC, the Netflix mobile site allows you to sign up / sign in but not play any videos. There are apps for iOS and Android that handle video playback. We should reconsider the value of the UA override to the end user.

Comment 4

[Karl Dubost💡 :karlcow]

So according to my contact

> No, on mobile devices including tablets, both Android and iOS, 
> we have native apps. The only places we have HTML5 playback 
> are on ChromeOS and IE as announced. Other than that we use 
> Silverlight for IE, Chrome and Firefox on desktop/laptop platforms.


I guess we could close this bug and remove the override, because it will not bring any benefits for the users who will still get the same user experience.

Comment 5

[Karl Dubost💡 :karlcow]

I'm closing the bug as WONTFIX. We could reopen it eventually if/when netflix decides to extend its business to Web players.

Comment 6

[Lawrence Mandel [:lmandel] (use needinfo)]

Karl - Have you already filed a bug to remove the override for netflix.com?

Comment 7

[Karl Dubost💡 :karlcow]

not yet I usually try to wait the end of the week, so I make a package of all the ones we have fixed during the week.

Comment 8

[Karl Dubost💡 :karlcow]

fixing flags for the stats