If you wish to subscribe to Disney Plus or Hulu in your iPhone, you’ll be able to’t try this anymore. Help paperwork for Disney Plus and Hulu now say that new and returning subscribers to these streaming companies can’t join by means of Apple, as reported by MacRumors.
I’m not presently paying for Disney Plus, so out of curiosity, I attempted logging into my account by means of the iOS app to see what would occur. After coming into my electronic mail and password, I used to be greeted by a message that claims: “Sadly, this app doesn’t assist in-app join. End establishing your account on the web site. Create and handle your account at disneyplus.com/subsequent.” Hulu’s iOS app additionally pushes you to the Hulu web site in case you attempt to log in with out an lively subscription.
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Presumably, the corporate is making this alteration to cease Apple from taking a minimize of latest subscription revenues for Disney Plus and Hulu. Nevertheless, in case you already subscribe to these companies by means of Apple, Disney says you’ll nonetheless be billed by means of Apple.
Disney didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Disney is simply the newest firm to cease new subscriptions by means of its iOS apps. Netflix stopped letting customers subscribe by means of its iOS app in 2018 and minimize off Apple billing for legacy subscribers earlier this yr. Spotify additionally doesn’t let folks subscribe by means of the iOS app — within the app, it consists of the cheeky message that “we all know, it’s not very best.”
