If
you
want
to
subscribe
to
Disney
Plus
or
Hulu
on
your
iPhone,
you
can’t
do
that
anymore.
Support
documents
for
Disney
Plus
and
Hulu
now
say
that
new
and
returning
subscribers
to
those
streaming
services
can’t
sign
up
through
Apple,
as
reported
by
MacRumors.
I’m
not
currently
paying
for
Disney
Plus,
so
out
of
curiosity,
I
tried
logging
into
my
account
through
the
iOS
app
to
see
what
would
happen.
After
entering
my
email
and
password,
I
was
greeted
by
a
message
that
says:
“Unfortunately,
this
app
doesn’t
support
in-app
sign
up.
Finish
setting
up
your
account
on
the
website.
Create
and
manage
your
account
at
disneyplus.com/next.”
Hulu’s
iOS
app
also
pushes
you
to
the
Hulu
website
if
you
try
to
log
in
without
an
active
subscription.
Screenshots
by
Jay
Peters
/
The
Verge
Presumably,
the
company
is
making
this
change
to
stop
Apple
from
taking
a
cut
of
new
subscription
revenues
for
Disney
Plus
and
Hulu.
However,
if
you
already
subscribe
to
those
services
through
Apple,
Disney
says
you’ll
still
be
billed
through
Apple.
Disney
didn’t
immediately
reply
to
a
request
for
comment.
Disney
is
just
the
latest
company
to
stop
new
subscriptions
through
its
iOS
apps.
Netflix
stopped
letting
users
subscribe
through
its
iOS
app
in
2018
and
cut
off
Apple
billing
for
legacy
subscribers
earlier
this
year.
Spotify
also
doesn’t
let
people
subscribe
through
the
iOS
app
—
in
the
app,
it
includes
the
cheeky
message
that
“we
know,
it’s
not
ideal.”
(Originally posted by Jay Peters)
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