5 really bad Android apps from companies that should know better

Netflix

A close second on the Android app annoy-a-meter is Netflix. The movie-streaming service remained entirely unavailable on Android until this May, when the company proudly announced support ... for a whopping five devices. Woo-hoo?

Netflix has since expanded to support nine Android handsets, but the vast majority of users are still lacking a way to stream movies mobile-style. And perhaps most irksome of all, not a single Android tablet -- you know, the kind of gadget that's ideal for watching a film -- has official Netflix support as of the publication date of this article.

The workaround: Developers from the Android community have created a modified version of the Netflix app that works on several additional devices. The results are hit and miss, but you can always give it a whirl to see if it does the trick for you. Aside from that, your only real option at the moment is to use an alternative movie service like Google Movies -- or to wait impatiently while quietly grumbling.