Check your account, you may need to update your payment method on Netflix
Netflix told a large percentage of its subscribers that they had to update your payment system to continue accessing your services. The reasons for this change in Netflix policy lie indirectly in the new alternative payment methods in the App Store with the arrival of iOS 17.4.
What is certain is that Since Netflix stopped allowing payments in its subscription plans through the App Store in 2018. However, subscribers who already subscribe to Netflix through Apple’s payment system could continue to renew their subscription without changing their payment method. Until now.
With changes coming to the App Store following the European Commission’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), Netflix took the opportunity to inform subscribers that they will no longer be able to continue paying through the App Store.
Old Netflix accounts could be canceled if they don’t update their payment system
Netflix asked its subscribers to change their payment method and break free from Apple
The news was revealed thanks to The Streamable, where they claim that Netflix has informed customers in certain territories – they don’t specify which ones – that they need to update their payment method since it will no longer be possible to renew the subscription via Apple.
What does this really mean? All iPhone, iPad, Apple TV or Mac users will be able to continue to enjoy the Netflix catalog of series, films and documentaries. However, Payments for your subscriptions must be made directly from the Netflix system and not through Apple.
Netflix will no longer allow auto-renewal through Apple
For its part, Apple, in addition to offering access to alternative stores to the App Store, must also allow developers to include external links to other alternative payment methods in their applications. Something that to this day March 5was strictly prohibited according to App Store regulations.
Netflix, as expected, will take advantage of this new Apple policy to offer its customers more practical and simple access to activate or renew your subscriptionswe insist, through its own platform.
It’s unclear what percentage of Netflix users subscribe through Apple’s payment system, but It must be a very small number. considering the option was removed by Netflix over 5 years ago.
If you are thinking of renewing your Netflix subscriptions from the App Store and you have not changed your payment method for many yearsyou should take a look at your account settings to avoid the risk of account deletion.
