Netflix wants its customers to stop paying for its streaming subscription through Apple’s App Store. Subscribers billed through Apple will soon be prompted to change their payment plan, a new addition to Netflix’s support documents explains.
According to a spokesperson for Netflix, if a new payment isn’t added by the monthly subscription renewal date, the member will not be able to use their Netflix account until a new payment method is added.
The policy change will affect members using Netflix’s basic plan in countries including the United States and Canada, according to the spokesperson.
Netflix stopped accepting Apple payments for new and rejoining customers in 2018, but Netflix’s policy change means existing customers who had been grandfathered into paying through Apple will now have to make the switch.
MacDailyNews Notee: Subscriptions to Netflix via Apple’s App Store are charged at 30% for the first year, which drops to 15% after the first year.
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Netflix, thanks for making my life less convenient.
They think that once they have you hooked, they can screw you. Bye bye Netflix.
Received random email from Netflix regarding change last week. Thought it was a scam but logged into my account separately. Absolutely no mention of change on site, did nothing! Updated yesterday, Netflix subscriber since dvd disk days, no thank you, just F..en pay. Just a number, Corporate America at its best. 🤬
Netflix is a fire hose of degenerate content into children’s brains, cancel your subscriptions.
Facts
I’d bet Netflix would reverse their decision if they were allowed to pass on the 30% fee to the user by adding it to the subscription cost if they paid through the app.