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This is 100% how I feel. Too many of these companies have dark patterns for canceling your subscription (or hoping you forget you have one) that I actively sta
by nerdjon 4y ago
This is 100% how I feel.
Too many of these companies have dark patterns for canceling your subscription (or hoping you forget you have one) that I actively stay away from most services that I can't just use an IAP with. This is largely thanks to all of this being consolidated in a single UI where with just a couple clicks (without ever needing to open the app and dealing with their marketing or 20 questions) I can cancel a subscription.
Apple will email me when a yearly subscription is about to bill, clearly telling me how I can manage or cancel it (again outside of the app).
I understand why businesses may not like this, but as a consumer I value this heavily (and yes I do find myself annoyed by what I often hear also being in the tech industry).
At the same time for individual digital purchases I don't want to give every company my credit card. I would much rather that go through Apple.
I understand the concern about the "30% cut" but I wish these companies would also realize that I (and I assume many others) spend more money though my phone because I can do it through Apple where otherwise you would not be getting my money in the first place. So its 70% or nothing from me. Especially when there are alternatives that will be more than happy to take that money from me.
That doesn't mean that I don't use my credit card in some places. But those are for physical items. Likely at stores that already have my credit card in the first place.
At the end of the day, it is Spotify that is choosing to make customers jump through hoops. They chose to enter this market knowing that this will be an issue (if they did not expect this issue... honestly fire whoever decided to go into this market).
- firefoxkekw 4y agoThis so much, specially when I think of my parents and older love ones, 30% is nothing compared to being in the wild west of dark patterns. Reputation have a price, Apple may not be perfect but I can trust that they aren't going to deceive my parents or make their life more difficult when trying to use technology. At least personally, I would much rather pay a bit more than opening the door to cheaper prices at cost of Apple losing one of their big advantages, trustworthiness.
- earth2mars 4y agoWe should have regulation on dark patterns. Not paying 30% more abs giving more power to monopoly. Why is it so hard.you can literally sue companies for dark patterns and hey more money.i did that once with ATT and got more than they said I owe them for dark subscribing to tv when i only wanted internet. I didn't had to spend a single penny nor visit any court.all out of court settlement. You make them accountable for such practices.and as a consumer you should fight against apple to lower subscription fee if the seller can sell at least price
- onphonenow 4y agoWe have regulations. If you think the cops enforce spam calls and texts, think again. Or the millions of scam calls and other blatant internet fraud. I don’t get iMessage spam. Period. That alone is valuable. Politicians who make these regulations continue to spam me and there is no way to block them with a do not call list. Apple is so valuable in part because they do enforce some rules.
- earth2mars 4y agoLooks what EU did go apple change their USB c policy. At least they have guts unlike politicians here. Do you not get spam calls on iPhone. Pixel phones are much better at call screening and blocking spam calls and texts. you are in walled garden my friend. Most of my iOS friends get so many spam calls everyday.even if i get ,they are detected as spam and I can screen them in case I suspect it's not spam. I don't hey iMessage.are they end to end encrypted? They are not. And fb commenting on it. Wait for apple getting into ad business. It's just matter of time their ad revenue skyrocketing
- user_named 4y agoIt could be 10% instead of 30% though.
- earth2mars 4y ago
- alimov 4y ago> Your reply looks like "tell me you work for apple without telling you work for apple" or "tell me you are apple fanboy without telling you are one". Why are you making this so personal?
- earth2mars 4y agoI am sorry.I don't mean to. The comment felt so biased. I am biased too. but just opposite.thats why it came out that way.
- onphonenow 4y agoThen choose a different phone. Apple clout let’s it literally force companies to allow easy subscription cancellation because apple handles it. I never have to worry. Then they can force apps not to cross track (sorry Facebook)
- earth2mars 4y agoI use pixel. I can probably guess you screaming why I am using Google shit.no privacy and all. But I use so many privacy tools likd DNS level blockers, next DNS etc.I dont see single ad, tracking happening.
- earth2mars 4y agoYou should watch this.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-iZxNFMmQo&feature=share&utm_source=EJGixIgBCJiu2KjB4oSJEQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-iZxNFMmQo&feature=share&ut...