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They're doing the exact same thing the Netflix app does.

petercooper 6y ago
I just checked the Netflix app's App Store page and apparently you can now subscribe via in-app purchase. I suspect this is a recent development forced by a change in Apple's TOS.
- arrrg 6y ago
  Netflix no longer offers in-app purchases. You are wrong.
  - petercooper 6y ago
    https://apps.apple.com/us/app/netflix/id363590051 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/netflix/id363590051 It's right there in black and white under the "In-App Purchases" section.
    - Domenic_S 6y ago
      Just sign out on your netflix app to see for yourself -- the splash screen literally says "You can't sign up for netflix in the app. We know it's a hassle." > “Trying to join Netflix?” it reads. “You can’t sign up for Netflix in the app. We know it’s a hassle. After you’re a member, you can start watching in the app.” Bizarrely, it gives no further instructions on how or where to go if you want to sign up for Netflix: no URL, no QR code, not even a hint of how to join. If you aren’t already a member, it’s a complete dead end. That’s not a bug. It’s a function of Apple policy. With some exceptions, the company doesn’t let users pay app makers directly for their apps or digital services. They can only pay Apple, which takes a 30% cut of all revenue and then passes 70% to the developer. (For subscription services, which account for the majority of App Store revenues, that 30% cut drops to 15% after the first year.) To tighten its grip, Apple prohibits the affected apps from even telling users how they can pay their creators directly. https://onezero.medium.com/apples-secret-monopoly-5718272c16a5 https://onezero.medium.com/apples-secret-monopoly-5718272c16...
    - ceejayoz 6y ago
      The list you're seeing is likely old but still active subscriptions, before Netflix was forced to go web-only. It's not possible to initiate one.
- jdxcode 6y ago
  Netflix pretty famously got rid of it https://www.mobileappdaily.com/netflix-stops-paying-the-apple-tax https://www.mobileappdaily.com/netflix-stops-paying-the-appl...

I just checked the Netflix app's App Store page and apparently you can now subscribe via in-app purchase. I suspect this is a recent development forced by a change in Apple's TOS.

arrrg 6y ago
Netflix no longer offers in-app purchases. You are wrong.
- petercooper 6y ago
  https://apps.apple.com/us/app/netflix/id363590051 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/netflix/id363590051 It's right there in black and white under the "In-App Purchases" section.
  - Domenic_S 6y ago
    Just sign out on your netflix app to see for yourself -- the splash screen literally says "You can't sign up for netflix in the app. We know it's a hassle." > “Trying to join Netflix?” it reads. “You can’t sign up for Netflix in the app. We know it’s a hassle. After you’re a member, you can start watching in the app.” Bizarrely, it gives no further instructions on how or where to go if you want to sign up for Netflix: no URL, no QR code, not even a hint of how to join. If you aren’t already a member, it’s a complete dead end. That’s not a bug. It’s a function of Apple policy. With some exceptions, the company doesn’t let users pay app makers directly for their apps or digital services. They can only pay Apple, which takes a 30% cut of all revenue and then passes 70% to the developer. (For subscription services, which account for the majority of App Store revenues, that 30% cut drops to 15% after the first year.) To tighten its grip, Apple prohibits the affected apps from even telling users how they can pay their creators directly. https://onezero.medium.com/apples-secret-monopoly-5718272c16a5 https://onezero.medium.com/apples-secret-monopoly-5718272c16...
  - ceejayoz 6y ago
    The list you're seeing is likely old but still active subscriptions, before Netflix was forced to go web-only. It's not possible to initiate one.
jdxcode 6y ago
Netflix pretty famously got rid of it https://www.mobileappdaily.com/netflix-stops-paying-the-apple-tax https://www.mobileappdaily.com/netflix-stops-paying-the-appl...