Why You Can’t Subscribe to Disney+ and Hulu Through Apple Anymore

If you’re an Apple user who likes to sign up and pay for services through the App Store, you’ll need to scratch Hulu and Disney+ off your list: Disney is no longer allowing new and returning subscribers to its streaming platforms to register through its iOS apps.

According to customer support pages for both Disney+ and Hulu, payment through the App Store is no longer available for users who do not already have an active Apple-billed subscription. Instead, new subscribers and those who are restarting their accounts will have to sign up on DisneyPlus.com and Hulu.com. You’ll be redirected to each respective website from the iOS apps.

This change does not currently affect existing Apple-billed subscribers, who can still manage their accounts via Apple Subscription settings, though it could in the future, as other companies have followed similar paths. Netflix ended new subscriptions via iOS in 2018 and cut off

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