this is my view towards subscriptions, particularly now that i use an iphone app to manage them. in fact there are (at least) a couple of start-ups focused on

this is my view towards subscriptions, particularly now that i use an iphone app to manage them. in fact there are (at least) a couple of start-ups focused on subscription (recurring payment) management. The one i use is Trim. this app is useful and paid for itself by a factor of 10 just in the first month but here's the thing: a very large number of vendors have made their subscriptions resistant to cancellation by these "subscription managers"--even after Trim contacts them, the response usually something like "only cancel the following the tedious manual steps" which even after you do it, you have to check again next month to be sure your cancellation request was honored