Netflix stops offering in-app subscription option for iOS users

Joining some other prominent app development companies, video streaming service Netflix is no longer allowing new or resubscribing members to sign up for a Netflix subscription using an in-app purchase  via the App Store. You can no longer renew your Netflix subscription from your iPhone or iPad. 

While the change was spotted earlier in November, Netflix delved deep into the move in a VentureBeat article on Friday. The report explained users who are already paying via iTunes may continue to do so. However, users renewing after a month or new sign ups will have to bill their purchase in the Netflix website and then login into the iOS app.

Netflix is not the only streaming service to do so. Presumably done against Apple’s move to take a larger revenue share from in-app purchases, streaming apps like Spotify and Soundcloud had to charge extra for iOS users. Later, Spotify stopped in-app purchases altogether and iOS users can only pay for their plans via the website.