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I'm not the person you replied to, but yes. I can't think of many subscriptions I have that I wouldn't happily pay more for if it meant having one central place

by neotek 8y ago

I'm not the person you replied to, but yes. I can't think of many subscriptions I have that I wouldn't happily pay more for if it meant having one central place to manage them all, overseen by a company that I fully believe gives a shit about my privacy.

mcfedr 8y ago
Is your bank not one place? You can just block the payments
- rusk 8y ago
  Or Paypal ...
- esrauch 8y ago
  If you block a payment with your bank or credit card the other end can attempt to charge you anyway. You can sometimes dispute and lose and still pay. It also can trigger negative repercussions if you do have an ongoing relationship with the company, like IIRC Steam locks your whole account if you go that path on the basis that it indicates fraud to be blocked (not just that you wanted to cancel)
- ceejayoz 8y ago
  It's not uncommon for the terms to require an explicit cancellation. People who try to cancel gym memberships by just letting their payment card expire find this out when they get sent to collections.
jen729w 8y ago
Other than the slightly obscure menu option to get to your list of subscriptions, how nice is the process to cancel an Apple subscription? Any of them – an app, Netflix, whatever. 1. Navigate to list of subscriptions. 2. Find desired subscription in list. 3. Click cancel. Nobody else does that and it is so nice.
- jk563 8y ago
  On Android: Play Store > Menu > Subscriptions > select subscription > Cancel Subscription Seems pretty similar to me.
- gnicholas 8y ago
  The Netflix cancellation process is also 3 steps, for what it’s worth: Click “more” Click “account” Click “cancel” Off course, this isn’t the same as having a centralized location for managing all subscriptions, but at least in this case the cancellation process is the same number of steps.
  - filleduchaos 8y ago
    Sure, if you ignore the biggest glaring difference both things are the same.
    - notSupplied 8y ago
      We should consider one other party: your credit card provider. I've always believed that they should be the ones providing subscription management, because scummy "hope they forget to cancel!" business practices exist offline too, so Apple could never become the central place for managing all of your subscriptions.
      - filleduchaos 8y ago
        I vaguely feel like that would be even worse somehow. It's strange. Sure I trust Visa and my bank with the literal fruit of my labour so far in life, but I don't think I could abide them knowing what exactly I use their financial tools to do (besides what little information a vendor chooses to share). It probably doesn't make any difference in reality, but I just feel more comfortable with one party having full access to my funds but little to no information about how those funds are used, and another with all that usage information but little/easily revoked access to my funds. Edit: I also think the current rigorous process around directly contesting transactions with your bank/card provider does more good than harm, and on contemplation wouldn't scrap it for ease of canceling subscriptions.

by neotek 8y ago

mcfedr 8y ago

Is your bank not one place? You can just block the payments

rusk 8y ago
Or Paypal ...
esrauch 8y ago
If you block a payment with your bank or credit card the other end can attempt to charge you anyway. You can sometimes dispute and lose and still pay. It also can trigger negative repercussions if you do have an ongoing relationship with the company, like IIRC Steam locks your whole account if you go that path on the basis that it indicates fraud to be blocked (not just that you wanted to cancel)
ceejayoz 8y ago
It's not uncommon for the terms to require an explicit cancellation. People who try to cancel gym memberships by just letting their payment card expire find this out when they get sent to collections.

jen729w 8y ago

Other than the slightly obscure menu option to get to your list of subscriptions, how nice is the process to cancel an Apple subscription? Any of them – an app, Netflix, whatever. 1. Navigate to list of subscriptions. 2. Find desired subscription in list. 3. Click cancel. Nobody else does that and it is so nice.

jk563 8y ago
On Android: Play Store > Menu > Subscriptions > select subscription > Cancel Subscription Seems pretty similar to me.
gnicholas 8y ago
The Netflix cancellation process is also 3 steps, for what it’s worth: Click “more” Click “account” Click “cancel” Off course, this isn’t the same as having a centralized location for managing all subscriptions, but at least in this case the cancellation process is the same number of steps.
- filleduchaos 8y ago
  Sure, if you ignore the biggest glaring difference both things are the same.
  - notSupplied 8y ago
    We should consider one other party: your credit card provider. I've always believed that they should be the ones providing subscription management, because scummy "hope they forget to cancel!" business practices exist offline too, so Apple could never become the central place for managing all of your subscriptions.
    - filleduchaos 8y ago
      I vaguely feel like that would be even worse somehow. It's strange. Sure I trust Visa and my bank with the literal fruit of my labour so far in life, but I don't think I could abide them knowing what exactly I use their financial tools to do (besides what little information a vendor chooses to share). It probably doesn't make any difference in reality, but I just feel more comfortable with one party having full access to my funds but little to no information about how those funds are used, and another with all that usage information but little/easily revoked access to my funds. Edit: I also think the current rigorous process around directly contesting transactions with your bank/card provider does more good than harm, and on contemplation wouldn't scrap it for ease of canceling subscriptions.