Learn how to block the ability to purchase content in apps on your or your kid's iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV to avoid unwanted spending and bill shock.
How to turn off in-app purchases for iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV
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How to cancel YouTube Premium from your iPhone
Canceling a YouTube Premium subscription can be confusing. Check out two ways to stop your YouTube membership from your iPhone or iPad.
Apple threatens to charge a commission on any transactions that start in the app
Apple's App Store fee policy is being scrutinized by governments around the world, and now the company indicated that it could collect its commission regardless of whether developers use its own In-App Purchase mechanism or a third-party payments platform.
How to share your iPhone and Mac app subscriptions with family members
Learn how to share subscriptions and other eligible in-app purchases on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac with up to five other people in your iCloud family.
Fantastical’s new option lets multiple family members share a single subscription
Fantastical maker FlexiBits today launched a new subscription offering aimed at families.
How to opt out of receiving subscription renewal emails from Apple
To help you stay on top of your subscriptions, Apple by default sends out renewal receipts anytime one of the services you're subscribed to charges your payment method on file for another installment. Thankfully, you can easily opt out of receiving Apple's subscription renewal emails if you don't want to be informed of that monthly charge of ten bucks for Apple Music or a Netflix charge or any other recent subscription renewal. Follow the steps in our tutorial to learn how to stop receiving subscription renewal emails from Apple.
GameClub revives 100+ iOS classics for $5 per month
In response to freemium fatigue, a new game subscription service called GameClub launched Thursday with the goal of updating iconic App Store games that cannot be played on modern iPhones and iPads because they were left behind by march of technology.
iOS 13 cautions you if an app you’re deleting has a subscription still active
One of the tweaks in the second developer beta of iOS 13 that dropped yesterday is a prompt for when an app you're trying to delete from an iPhone or iPad has an active subscription.
As first noted by MacStories' editor-in-chief Federico Viticci yesterday afternoon, iOS 13 beta 2 now informs you if an app you're deleting has a subscription still active.
"Do you want to keep your subscription for this app?," asks the prompt. "Your subscription to this app can still be used on other devices," reads the alert text. The warning message includes precise information about when said subscription is set to renew automatically.
It also offers a Manage Subscriptions button to jump to the corresponding sub-section within the Settings app, and Keep, which keeps the subscription for the app being deleted.
While this may seem like an unnecessary feature addition in iOS 13, consider for a moment a bunch of cases of unwanted billing that were in the news not that long time ago because people didn't read prompts. On top of that, how many people use a subscription-tracking app like Bobby for iPhone to keep track of all the active subscriptions they have?
I know what I'm subscribed to and when my next billing cycles are due, but not everyone does. Keeping those people (who I suspect are in the majority) informed about the active recurring subscription for the app they're trying to delete could save them from bill shock.
For the rest of us, it's going to be an additional tap before that app gets wiped out.
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Apple defends the App Store business model in an open letter addressing Spotify’s claims
Spotify yesterday challenged the App Store business model, having filed an antitrust complaint with Europe’s competition watchdog calling Apple's 15-30 percent levy on iOS subscriptions unfair and anti competitive. A few hours later, Apple posted an open letter on its website addressing Spotify's claims.
Spotify has declared war on Apple over unfair App Store fees and subscription terms
Spotify yesterday filed an antitrust complaint against Apple with Europe's competition watchdog, saying App Store's 15-30 percent levy on iOS subscriptions is unfair and anti competitive. The lawsuit could set a major precedent because it might radically shake up the App Store economics should Apple be found guilty of anticompetitive behavior.
Three ways developers will soon be able to win past subscribers back
Apple recently previewed new discount options for auto-renewing subscriptions in iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and Mac apps which will permit developers to offer a discounted price for a specific duration for existing and previously subscribed customers. Today, the company has detailed three ways app makers will soon be able to win past subscribers back.
Apple’s upcoming news subscription service is running into resistance from big publishers
As we reported yesterday, Apple is allegedly launching a premium news subscription at a media event Monday, March 25 at Steve Jobs Theater. But because greedy Apple apparently wants half of the revenue, it's facing resistance from America’s biggest newspapers.