The entire industry has spoken: Apple's in-app purchase fees are not acceptable when used to buy content not produced or hosted by Apple. Apple's customers will have to suffer the inconvenience of using Safari to make the purchase. As a subscriber of on demand video services, I would rather that money pay for 30% more content than go to Apple for the convenience of using their in-app purchase.
Bait and switch ? Nothing that Netflix is offering as a service is changing. It’s just how your payment is being taken and processed?
Also I am not sure what subscriptions you have through iTunes, but personally I receive emails for receipts that my subscription payment was taken. I have never received an email from Apple reminding me of anything ?
I had had to make this change with YouTube Red. She likes it for the no commercials and tons of audiobooks for work. Initially I was paying through ITunes and then realized after a while that Thye were passing the 30% that Apple gets on to the customer. $12.99 through iTunes monthly and $9.99 if you sign up through Google online.
So there is the alternative..... developers and companies can directly pass the Apple tax to us because they don’t want to pay it, or we can subscribe outside of iTunes/Apple and pay the intended price. Netflix is trying to not pass the extra cost on to subscribers in this case it seems. They have raised their prices enough in the last couple of years that I don’t think that would go over well either.
I use paypal for anything recurring outside of iTunes. It’s really no that difficult to manage in my opinion.
Netflix was already set in their prices while Apple took a cut, so no, they didn't and weren't planing to pass the charge to Apple users.
They just got greedy and wanna use Apples platform for free.
Greed or fiduciary responsibility? It's the latter IMO. If they've truly been paying Apple north of $500thousand A DAY then it would be simply bad business to continue if the benefit isn't equitable.
Do you think Walmart does not deserve a cut of everything they offer?
If I were Apple I'd kick them off my platform.
If Apple were to kick Netflix off their platform, I would no longer use my Apple TV. While I do use my Apple TV for more than Netflix, I don't use it for very much at all that isn't covered by the vast majority of other devices, e.g. Roku. And anything that isn't covered by another device can be accessed through the web, since my PC is also attached to the TV.
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Apple could charge for more downloads but I can’t see it going that route.
If they've truly been paying Apple north of $500thousand A DAY then it would be simply bad business to continue if the benefit isn't equitable.