I got it free with my upgrade, I cancelled it as I don’t like reoccurring subs.... now it’s asking me to sub.... huh? Every other service I’ve used allows you to use it until the initial sub is up.
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Cancelled Apple TV, cannot access the remaining time left?
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See here:
- If you cancel during your free year, you and your family members will immediately lose access to Apple TV+ and the remainder of your 1-year free trial. You can’t reactivate this trial.
Yeah I noticed that too. Seems like if you don't plan on continuing past your free year they are hoping you'll forget and get a few months paid out of you. A little shady.
What's the point of the whole "fanboy" part of that statement? Doesn't seem like anything like that has been brought up.
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I cancelled mine before the year was up too, but they warn you before you cancel that you will lose the remaining time you have. It is right there on the screen before you cancel. I thought that was a little shady too, but oh well. They don't want you to cancel and then hope you forget when it is renewed. I cancelled anyway. I have no use for AppleTV+
Not a fanboy and not defending Apple... however, that has always been Apple's policy AFAIK. If you cancel a trial on any of their products/services, it ends at the time of cancellation. It may not be "right", and it might be "dumb", but it's consistent.
Not to sound like a fanboy, but the term is clearly spelled out on the cancellation screen.
Nothing dumb about not having continued access to your free trial after you canceled. Apple is not the only business that operates that way.
Let me get this straight: You ignored the warning very clearly given before you canceled, and you think Apple are dumb and anyone defending this action must be a "fanboy"?
While my memory is a bit hazy I believe the 3-month Apple Music trial that I signed up with at one point had the same "early cancellation takes immediate effect" policy.
So I put in a calendar event to cancel a few days before the renewal date instead of cancelling shortly after registration.
This does not appear to be a first for Apple and it is explicitly mentioned if you actually read the fine print.
I've read enough contracts in my life where it makes sense to scan through the section headings and read certain paragraphs carefully for a free trial like this.
The Apple Card sub-forum is littered with threads with comments by people who failed to do this basic level of due diligence. Hell, I think half of the discussion participants there don't understand that they've signed a legally binding contract with Goldman Sachs, the credit card issuing bank when they click the Accept button.
Their loss.
So I put in a calendar event to cancel a few days before the renewal date instead of cancelling shortly after registration.
This does not appear to be a first for Apple and it is explicitly mentioned if you actually read the fine print.
I've read enough contracts in my life where it makes sense to scan through the section headings and read certain paragraphs carefully for a free trial like this.
The Apple Card sub-forum is littered with threads with comments by people who failed to do this basic level of due diligence. Hell, I think half of the discussion participants there don't understand that they've signed a legally binding contract with Goldman Sachs, the credit card issuing bank when they click the Accept button.
Their loss.
Telling you about it right before you cancel, in a manner that obviously is very visible (since you noticed it), is the exact opposite of “shady.”
Exactly. Nothing was hidden. It wasn't even in 'fine print'. It was right there in the OP's face... he went through with the cancellation and is now complaining about Apple doing exactly what they told him that they would do.
Obviously people defending Apple for doing it this way, when no one else does. The only reason they do it is to catch you out, hoping you forget to manually cancel.
I am not defending anyone for doing anything. Just trying to explain that the OP was told prior to cancelling that access would end immediately. He proceeded to cancel, ignoring the warning and now is complaining that he lost access. Words mean things.
Seems more like a misrepresentation and/or misunderstanding of what has been brought up.
Apple isn’t the only person doing this. Murdoch media own a few subscription services in Aus and they do the same.