I dislike (dark patterns) and fear (bad implementations) subscriptions so much - I've put off implementing any kind of subscription for a SaaS product I built.

I dislike (dark patterns) and fear (bad implementations) subscriptions so much - I've put off implementing any kind of subscription for a SaaS product I built. I've just decided to let the customer pre-pay for up to the limit I'm willing to guarantee that I'll keep running the service, even at a loss (two years at the moment). I figure if the service isn't worth a user's time to click once to re-subscribe every few years, then I probably shouldn't be taking their money. I admit this might be a bit naive from a business perspective :)