> People who fail to cancel their subscriptions are not free-riding off anyone, they're paying $X per billing period. They're not free-riding currently, but wh

> People who fail to cancel their subscriptions are not free-riding off anyone, they're paying $X per billing period. They're not free-riding currently, but what the parent is suggesting is that streaming subscriptions don't charge for months without activity. > Usage based billing isn't that hard. It's just less profitable. Creating alternative usage-based billing models when most customers are happy with a monthly model is hard and has real costs. There are already storefronts with a more usage-based model: stuff like iTunes and Google Play Store let you pay per movie & episode, that's typically what consumers use when they don't like a monthly billing model.