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minus-squareFreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days agoI’m a software engineer as well, and it’s not the complexity that is the challenge - it’s the fact that most tvs can’t run VPNs, and having people have to connect to your vpn to stream media just means they will never stream your media.
minus-squarelordziv@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days agoCan’t you just open the URL in a web browser tho?
minus-squareFreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 hours agoMost TVs don’t have web browsers lol. And again - without a VPN you can’t just stream it through a web browser.
I’m a software engineer as well, and it’s not the complexity that is the challenge - it’s the fact that most tvs can’t run VPNs, and having people have to connect to your vpn to stream media just means they will never stream your media.
Can’t you just open the URL in a web browser tho?
Most TVs don’t have web browsers lol. And again - without a VPN you can’t just stream it through a web browser.