Here we were already talking about the backdrop cropping issue six months ago.
It has been very productive as you can see today.
Edit: just noticed you were already on that thread, sorry, I don’t really pay attention to the nicknames here.
About the tint thing, for once I understand where it comes from and I don’t see it as an issue. Or let’s say…
Well I mean that because on landscape mode the backdrop is now set to full screen behind the content, its opacity has to be reduced to ensure that the content is readable.
I don’t think there is an actual tint applied to the picture, it’s just the colours (coming from the picture indeed) of the background that you can see through it. But result is the same, I know and I’m just nitpicking here.
Now I would indeed prefer if the backdrop could be reduced in size while being aligned with the top right corner (no cropping!) as it is done with the current TV app but that’s probably, again, too much asking as they seem to hold on to their bad design practices.
So from that point of view, I agree that it is bad. It’s just that it is consistent with their design choice.
