Netflix will reportedly make games available via the App Store on iOS

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Earlier this month, Netflix officially got into gaming by rolling out a mobile game service for Android users. While Netflix says that it's working on an iOS version of the service, _Bloomberg_tech reporter Mark Gurman says that Apple’s App Store policies will prevent Netflix from making games available from its app.

Apple bars third-party apps from functioning as a hub for games, which has become a point of contention with cloud gaming services like Xbox Cloud Gaming, Nvidia GeForce Now, and Google Stadia. Cloud gaming services can only get around this by offering their games through a web app, just like Facebook has already done.

“Apple will need to change its rules or grant Netflix an exemption”

According to Gurman’s latest Power On...