If you are an Apple user, you might already know that your subscriptions to different apps and services on your Apple device auto-renews unless there is a price change in the subscription plans. In that case, you need to opt-in to the new plans manually from your Payments and Subscription settings. However, with a new App Store rule, Apple plans to change this situation and make it so that developers will be able to auto-renew user subscriptions without needing them to opt-in to the price changes. Check out the details below to learn more about this significant change.
Apple has now officially rolled out the feature to developers via an explanatory blog post. With this change, instead of manually opting in for a price change in a subscription plan, the plans will now be auto-renewed in case of a price increase. Apple says that this will prevent services from being unintentionally interrupted for users due to price changes in their subscription plans.
To recall, earlier this year, Techcrunch reported that Apple was piloting a new feature for developers that allows them to automatically renew users’ subscription plans, even if there is a price increase in their current plans. At the time, the report cited developer Max Seelemann, who got an App Store notification for a price increase of a Disney+ plan. You can check out Seelemann’s tweet attached right below.
iOS biz people… Subscription price increase as mere NOTICE instead of having to confirm, else subs expires.Is this new behavior for everyone or exclusive to Disney+? pic.twitter.com/zt7c15QcTA— Max Seelemann (@macguru17) March 24, 2022
