> If a company can't exist without tricking people into paying for something they get no value out of, maybe it shouldn't exist. Sure, but this doesn't describ

> If a company can't exist without tricking people into paying for something they get no value out of, maybe it shouldn't exist. Sure, but this doesn't describe all subscription businesses, plenty of companies have healthy margins even with active users. No one is saying there aren't subscription businesses that abuse subscription pricing to get recurring revenue from what should be one-time revenue, leave customers locked into something they're not getting value out of, etc. but that's not a truism of subscriptions (even the traditionally shady ones like gyms!)