Apple recently allowed reader apps to include an external link to their website for making account management easy. As a result of this App Store policy change, Netflix has now added an external subscription option for people to get a subscription via Netflix’s iOS app. Here’s what this is all about.
Netflix has started rolling out a new subscription option for people signing up for the video streaming app on their iOS devices. This will allow them to pay for the subscription without the involvement of the App Store.
This will help Netflix avoid paying the 30% commission fee to Apple, which has been under the scrutiny of many for a while now. Although, a fee will still be charged.
However, you should know that this option is currently for new subscriptions. Netflix still doesn’t allow for in-app payment options for existing subscribers and had excluded the feature back in 2018. It remains to be seen if this option will soon reach old subscribers too. Meanwhile, new subscribers can still take a sigh of relief and so can Netflix, which can now ditch Apple’s hefty fee.
