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Note this is in the EU, not the USA, so consumer protection is a lot higher. If the NYT tried this here, I'd just revoke access from my bank account, assuming
by hyperman1 5y ago
Note this is in the EU, not the USA, so consumer protection is a lot higher.
If the NYT tried this here, I'd just revoke access from my bank account, assuming they even had any. There is probably also a law specifying how to unsubscribe, but I can't tell how it works in the Netherlands.
UPDATE: Thinking this through, it allows us to put a monetary value on consumer protection. Much of what the apple 30% tax gives you as a consumer is built into law. So assuming a more reasonable cost of say 5%, small time devs get a loss of 25% of income because of the state of payments and consumer protection in the USA. You can haggle over percentages, but there is a cost.
- maccard 5y agoNYT offers a subscription that can be purchased outside the US (I'm a subscriber to NYT cooking living in the UK), and to the best of my understanding you're still required to call even outside the US.
- hnaccount_rng 5y agoAt least from Germany. And at least last year I could just cancel online
- mr_aks 5y agoI was able to cancel NYT subscription from the EU without calling them.
- ralfd 5y ago> small time devs get a loss of 25% of income Nitpicking: Apple takes 15% from small time devs (less than a million $)
- hfsh 5y ago> There is probably also a law specifying how to unsubscribe, but I can't tell how it works in the Netherlands. The law here in the Netherlands is that you must be able to unsubscribe by the same method you subscribed in the first place.