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Comment by rtkwe | Hacker News Reader

What 3rd party app ecosystem? Honestly I've never used anything outside the netflix.com client.

I presume http://abetterqueue.com and http://instantwatcher.com/ and the like use the APIs as well.

One thing I like about instantwatcher is that title do expire from netflix, and instantwatcher will sort by expiration date: http://instantwatcher.com/titles/expiring

Ok, so those are actually useful. Though it looks like Abetterqueue and instantwatcher will still be allowed under the new API rules.

Well, except that instantwatcher operates on the freemium model: http://instantwatcher.com/about_premium

Ahh didn't look too hard at the app, my mistake.

Netflix recently changed the data available. It no longer provides true expiration dates until 15 days before the actual expiration date.

http://feedflix.wordpress.com/2012/05/15/expiring-dates-for-...

Search for Netflix in the App Store or the Android play market.... There are a bunch of third party apps.. Especially on android (but none of them actually stream Netflix, they just allow you to manage your queue etc)

Ahh those, never needed a queue manager cause I'm streaming only. They never seemed particularly useful.

One of the devices in my house is an older blu-ray player that has the Netflix streaming ability, but it can only play stuff from your queue! So, I have to put stuff in my queue I if I want to watch it on that tv. Otherwise, though, doesn't seem so useful when you are just streaming.

Also check out my iPhone app that helps you to never forget about movies that you want to see, or miss movies from your favorite directors/actors: http://flickd.net

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