Enable location services to allow streaming with Hulu and Netflix ~OR~ Add Hulu and Netflix to the Portal app store
I've owned my Portal for almost a year. Up until 2-3 months ago, I was able to stream Hulu & Netflix using the Portal browser. But now when i visit Hulu the first thing i see is a screen prompting me to enable location services. However, there is no setting for Location services on the Portal. Netflix doesn't ask for location services but my Netflix streaming capabilities using the Portal browser were interrupted around the same time as my Hulu issue began. Now when I try to stream Netflix content, it says 'instant play isn't available' or something to that effect. Since streaming on Hulu and Netflix via Portal browser stopped working around the same time, I suspect that both issues are tied to the location services not being enabled. I did not change anything on my end, so perhaps one of the Portal updates knocked out this function. Since the apps for Hulu and Netflix are not yet available for Portal owners, it would be a huge help if I could at least go back to using the Portal browser to access this content. Please help me to enable location services on my portal - OR - please add Hulu and Netflix to the Portal app store. Thank you in advance for your attention to this much needed enhancement! :)
Rhonda Darbouze
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Alex Charm
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Sending my portal+ back - Weak decision making to lock the browser against Netflix, when they'd already allowed it previously, and then gave an app on the Portal TV. Also, locking out the camera and microphone browser is a strong statement of protectionism. The decision maker does not have a strategy, so there's nothing to stop other apps/site disappearing in the future. I was nervous regarding Facebooks hatred of personal privacy, but Facebook clearly lack a purpose for this product line as they don't have consistency in their affiliation models, and are therefore not clear on their revenue model for it. Far too unstable.
Beautifully made device, some charming features, but the company lacks decisioning maturity for me too keep it. Customers judge and decide. -
Jerry
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Yeah, this happened to me too. I've stopped recommending Portals and buying them as gifts because of this. Still a decent product for video chatting, but as a TV all-in-one entertainment appliance, it now sucks.