{"id":35396,"date":"2022-03-28T16:35:48","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T20:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=35396"},"modified":"2022-04-11T15:06:33","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T19:06:33","slug":"special-app-store-behavior-for-disney-subscriptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/28\/special-app-store-behavior-for-disney-subscriptions\/","title":{"rendered":"Special App Store Behavior for Disney+ Subscriptions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Max Seelemann<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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iOS biz people… Subscription price increase as mere NOTICE instead of having to confirm, else subs expires.<\/p>\n

Is this new behavior for everyone or exclusive to Disney+?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

David Barnard<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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“The [Apple Developer] program & access to the App Store is designed to be fair to all developers, regardless of size or influence.”<\/p>\n

(This behavior is exclusive to Disney.)<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

[For] everyone else, the user have to accept the new price or the subscription terminates. With Disney, the subscription will auto-renew at the higher price if the user doesn’t take action.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

In a few years, we’ll be told there was already an “established program” for this.<\/p>\n\n

A consistent subscriptions experience is supposedly one of the advantages of the App Store. But Apple privileges its own services, too. If you unsubscribe from Apple Arcade or Apple News+ early (e.g. so you don’t forget to do so before it renews or because of uncertainty about how many days\/hours of lead time you need to give it to avoid being charged) you’ll lose access immediately, whereas third-party apps are required to let you keep using the app\/service until the paid period actually ends.<\/p>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n