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Can I watch Apple TV on my PC without an Apple device or a credit card (using paypal)?

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I do not own any Apple devices, but a friend recently recommended an Apple TV exclusive show to me which I'd like to watch. My goal is to subscribe using paypal since I don't have a credit card, and to watch shows in my browser or a PC desktop app, if available. I have checked the list of available payment methods, and paypal is listed as being available in my country. Immediately upon creating a new Apple ID on the Apple TV website, I was asked to enter credit card information, and there was no way to select a different payment option or to proceed without entering it. I then tried creating an Apple ID once more on Apple's main website, which worked, but in the account settings I also wasn't able to select any payment options other than credit card. My friend then pointed me to iTunes, which I installed and logged into. Here, I was able to link up my paypal account and got the message that my Apple ID is now unlocked for use with Apple services. Thinking the problem was solved, I logged in once more into the Apple TV website, which now for the first time let me proceed past the login screen. Obviously, I still can't watch anything while not being subscribed to Apple TV, but when I tried that, I was once again asked to enter my credit card information, to "confirm that the owner of the account has allowed watching Apple TV through the internet", or something like that. A Google search led me to a support page which made me think I could set up parental controls as an alternative to providing credit card information as a way of enabling the web version of Apple TV. Upon rereading it now, I can see that it doesn't actually say that, which explains why doing this also didn't help and I was asked for credit card information once more. What am I missing? Is there any way to subscribe to Apple TV using paypal if I don't own an Apple device? Or can I do this on iTunes as well? So far, I was only able to find shows and movies for individual purchase on there, which didn't include the show I was looking for. Apologies if I'm missing something obvious, this feels like a new world to me. (Note: I was made aware of an Apple TV app available in the Windows store, however this can only be installed on an Xbox, which I don't own either.)
Asked by Andii (121 rep)
Nov 3, 2021, 08:32 PM
Last activity: Aug 1, 2022, 06:32 PM