New Developer Insights video pushes devs to adopt auto-renewable subscriptions
Auto-renewable subscriptions bring value throughout the entire subscription lifecycle while helping developers earn predictable revenue to fund app development.
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Netflix is testing how to bypass iTunes billing
Netflix is apparently looking into ways to boost revenue by bypassing iTunes billing, including handling future subscription payments from Apple users through its website.
MoviePass subscription service temporarily runs out of money and is still offline
The MoviePass app-based subscription service is having financial problems. On Thursday night, it temporarily ran out of money and the service is still down.
How to upgrade or downgrade your iCloud storage plan
When the time comes, you’ll eventually need to upgrade or downgrade your iCloud storage plan. You can perform this task on both iOS and macOS. Here are the steps.
Apple planning to sell video subscriptions directly in TV app
Strategy in development would permit customers to subscribe to video services directly through Apple’s TV app for iPhone, iPad and Apple TV, as opposed to asking users to subscribe to them through apps individually downloaded from App Store.
The math behind ad-free Facebook subscription
Did you ever wonder how much money Facebook would need to charge users for an ad-free subscription option in order to offset ad earnings that topped $40 billion last year?
Bloomberg: Apple to fold magazine app Texture into Apple News, introduce subscriptions
An upgraded Apple News app with Texture integration and an all-new subscription offering is expected to launch within the next year, according to sources who spoke with Bloomberg.
7 ways to pause/resume music on HomePod
Voice commands make it easy to control the music playing on your HomePod. As we’re going to discuss in this step-by-step tutorial, Siri is not the only way to pause/resume music playing through your HomePod.
How to change the Apple Music account associated with your HomePod
You can disassociate your current Apple Music account with your HomePod and sign in with another one without affecting other settings and personalizations on the device, and here’s how.
Apple highlights apps offering free trials in the App Store
Apple has started to showcase a number of apps that offer free trials before starting a subscription. You can find it for yourself by visiting the App Store, then tapping on the Apps tab, and looking under the “Try It For Free” section.
Hulu drops prices for those who subscribed to the “No Commercials” plan through iTunes
If you subscribed to Hulu’s “No Commercials” plan through your iOS device, or Apple TV, you should see a price reduction on your next bill, as the plan dropped by two dollars, from $13.99 to $11.99.
iOS 11.2 brings support for discounted introductory subscription pricing
Apple has offered introductory free trials for renewable subscriptions for some time now, but this is different.