Remember too, there is a setting within the Netflix applet that allows you to sign out. So, I think it’s probably saving your account info within some sort of a preference thing on the lower level of things.
Chris. > On May 8, 2015, at 1:30 PM, Brent Harding <br...@hostany.net> wrote: > > The iPhone will stay signed in as well though. I think they just store some > kind of cookie that keeps these apps signed in so you don't have to enter the > info every time. > >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Ray Foret Jr <mailto:rforet7...@comcast.net> >> To: Mac Visionaries List <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Friday, May 08, 2015 11:44 AM >> Subject: Re: Interesting question about the Apple TV >> >> Truth to tell, there is no accessible way, of which I am aware, to judge >> whether those apps are really and truly closing when the main menu is >> returned to. Some would, I suppose, say that in this case, it really does >> not matter. Seems to me, if Netflix's behavior is anything by which to >> judge, however, that the apps truly do close when the main menu is returned >> to. This, I judge by tha fact that every time I return to the main menu and >> then open up Netflix again on my Apple TV, I land in the screen where I am >> asked "who's watching netflix?'. The fact that I stay apparently signed in, >> though, could also be interpreated to mean that the app is not really >> closing. I suppose, for what it's worth, that they do actually close. >> >> Sincerely, >> The Constantly Barefooted Ray >> >> Still a happy Mac, Verizon Wireless iPhone 6+ and Apple TV user! >> >> Sent from my Mac, >> the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in >> >>> On May 8, 2015, at 11:18 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland >>> <clgillan...@gmail.com <mailto:clgillan...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> This question applies both to the 2nd and the 3rd generations. >>> >>> So, I take close note here of realizing that to close one of the... well... >>> as I call them, applets on the device, by applet, I mean any of the things >>> on your menu, like Netflix, Movies, Hulu, HBO Now, PBX Kids, etc. Anyway, >>> to close any of these, you simply either hit your back button until you >>> reach the main home screen menu, or, you press and hold down the menu key. >>> I know depending on if you have the accessibility menu on or off, you then >>> may have one more step to get to the main menu, but my point still remains >>> either way. >>> >>> My question is, how do we really truely and honestly know if those applets >>> really indeed are fully closing? We don't really have an app >>> switcher/chooser, nor do we have a process manager/task manager of sort on >>> the device, so really Apple can say all the doo da day that these apps are >>> closing, but, you know as well as I, whether you like admitting it or not, >>> that some companies, not saying just Apple here, I mean this more >>> generalized, have a tendency to stretch or omit the truth with some things. >>> I just wonder if maybe the memory resources are actually not totally being >>> cleared up just by backing out of something. I wonder if on the low level >>> end, if there's an accessible way that we could find out and know for 100% >>> sure what *really!* actually happens when one backs out of one of those >>> apps. >>> >>> Kind a makes you wonder, doesn't it? >>> >>> Chris. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>> <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >>> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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