Probably because Netflix is a more predictable income and was well-established before being available on iOS. There’s no way to know if your average fly-by-nigh

Probably because Netflix is a more predictable income and was well-established before being available on iOS. There’s no way to know if your average fly-by-night 5$ app is going to be worth the disk space it’s stored on in the long haul. It may sell well, thereby justifying the expense of vetting it or it may be a total dud, in which case you’ve wasted staff time and energy putting it through the process allowing it to be sold. Netflix also fills a very broad niche, so big that it can’t really be called a niche. Giving them some leeway makes sense.