I too love having my subscriptions all in one place and easy to cancel. If it’s not through the App Store I usually avoid it.
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FTC 'Click to Cancel' Rule Aims to Make Canceling Subscriptions Easier
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I always subscribe through apple when offered because I can reliably cancel. While I hate subscriptions, doing stuff like AMC+ or apple tv etc. I never worry about having to deal with a person to cancel like cable or sirius xm (my god what is up with sirius xm and cancellations)
Just canceled my 7 day trial subscription to Acrobat Pro and it was easy-peasy. What on earth are you talking about?
Well if it’s in the TOS and you check agree, that’s consent. So this is like most things the government does. It sounds great and it makes good advertisements this time of year, but it’s actually worthless
Corp: "to cancel, send a registered mail to address xyz ..."
I had to do this for a gym membership. Nothing like waiting at the post office for 30 minutes to cancel something. The whole point is just make it more difficult so you will either put it off or forget about it.
What should be the law is subscriptions only can auto renew for 12 months. There needs to be a requirement for the consumer to agree to continue the subscription or it is canceled automatically.
GYM MEMBERSHIP!!! My gym makes me send a written letter (they don’t have a downloadable form btw) sent as a certified mail 30 days in advance to cancel the membership. Talk about having your customer jump through hoops…
Yeah, I honestly have no issue with SXM anymore. It used to be MUCH harder in that you had to pick up a phone and haggle with a CSM and their relentless script. Now, at least the annual dance can be done over chat. I just have to remember to set a calendar reminder, because that regular price is a DOOZY if you don't catch it and get billed for one month before you renegotiate.
Yeah, I honestly have no issue with SXM anymore. It used to be MUCH harder in that you had to pick up a phone and haggle with a CSM and their relentless script. Now, at least the annual dance can be done over chat. I just have to remember to set a calendar reminder, because that regular price is a DOOZY if you don't catch it and get billed for one month before you renegotiate.
I did a six month free trial of SiriusXM when I bought my Passat in 2007, and then cancelled, but it continued to work until I traded it in 2019.. 😆
Yes.
Rule is mostly aimed at vendors that allow you to signup via the web but to call or visit them to cancel.
Try being an actual paying subscriber. You have a 30 day window to make any changes to your account. If you don't make the changes during this time your stuck paying for another year.
Let's be explicit. NYSC (& others) & its owner Town Sports Int'l.
Worst of the worst.
Don't agree with Lina Khan much but she gets 5 stars for this one.
This is so wonderful and a long time coming.
Hopefully this is more than just online services. My husband had to jump through so many hoops to cancel his gym membership after we moved out of state.
Hopefully this is more than just online services. My husband had to jump through so many hoops to cancel his gym membership after we moved out of state.
What subscription service is tied to the Apple Polishing Cloth?
I as I understand from reading elsewhere, it can't be an option by default, just part of the TOS, or be required for service or a promotion.
Wish they would tackle gym memberships like this. The only way to cancel them is to hand deliver a cancellation notice to the main headquarters on a Wednesday between 8:15 am and 8:17am.
The notice also must be printed on Tiffany blue paper using a Helvetica 12pt font.
And finally you must exit the office through a 4 part obstacle course where failure to meet any of the above automatically signs you up for an additional year.
The notice also must be printed on Tiffany blue paper using a Helvetica 12pt font.
And finally you must exit the office through a 4 part obstacle course where failure to meet any of the above automatically signs you up for an additional year.
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I am all for this! I still have to call/chat with a SiriusXM rep each time my ”special offer” is about to expire. I would love to only have to log into my account and click the cancel button instead of listening to a long spiel from the rep about their current deals.
I find canceling subscriptions paid through Apple the easiest to manage. It’s why I pay for anything that doesn’t charge more through Apple. You can easily just cancel in the settings menu. I was recently downvoted into oblivion and bombarded with insulting comments on Reddit for saying I pay for a majority of my subscriptions through Apple. People on there claimed people like me cause subscriptions to be more expensive because I’m as they said to lazy to individually manage all my subscriptions. Truth be told I actually use more subscriptions then I would because the convenience and really have to value a product or get a good discount to use direct payments.
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They are the worst. I like the service and would use it again if it wasn't so hard to cancel.
Those apps that do so have nothing to do with Apple. That’s 100% on the individual companies to fix
Love it. Apple App Store is already quite straightforward which I appreciate.
Adobe got their hand slapped recently, and when I went to cancel Creative Cloud a few weeks ago the process was MUCH easier than I'd heard it used to be.
Adobe got their hand slapped recently, and when I went to cancel Creative Cloud a few weeks ago the process was MUCH easier than I'd heard it used to be.
