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Try canceling prime. Then try canceling any Apple platform subscription.

by Spooky23 2y ago

wkat4242 2y ago
That's also something that's the fault of US lawmakers. In the EU cancelling a service must be as easy and through the same channels as signing up. Hence it's illegal to require that customers mail a hand-posted registered letter only on the second Tuesday of the month. Unless that's also the only way to sign up. Transferring you to a "customer loyalty specialist" when cancelling is also illegal if you refuse. Don't worship Apple because they're a bit more "consumer friendly" (while cashing in 30% for the privilege!!) when you could have everything be customer friendly for free just by electing honest politicians.
- Spooky23 2y ago
  Fair point, and I don’t worship them. Reality is US governance philosophy is that the market will mostly self-regulate. Apple’s behavior is best aligned with my interest. If i were an app developer, maker of Skinner box games, or selling virtual products, i would feel differently. But I’m not, and allowing Amazon to extract more margin in exchange for cheapening my experience does nothing to benefit me.
- iwontberude 1y ago
  So Apple is bad because US lawmakers aren’t forcing other companies to follow their practices.
  - wkat4242 1y ago
    No they're bad because of the 30%. But almost all American companies are bad, really. It's just a inevitability in unrestricted capitalism. That's why we need the EU to put legal constraints on them. Apple isn't the bad Apple in the bunch but they're not great either.
gamblor956 2y ago
Cancelling Amazon Prime took about 15 seconds. Do Apple users have the attention span of a toddler?
- redczar 2y ago
  They may have changed but it used to be quite confusing how to cancel Prime. Once you cancel and try to buy something on Amazon they present a variety of dark patterns to get you to sign up again.

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Try canceling prime. Then try canceling any Apple platform subscription.

by Spooky23 2y ago

Try canceling prime. Then try canceling any Apple platform subscription.

wkat4242 2y ago
That's also something that's the fault of US lawmakers. In the EU cancelling a service must be as easy and through the same channels as signing up. Hence it's illegal to require that customers mail a hand-posted registered letter only on the second Tuesday of the month. Unless that's also the only way to sign up. Transferring you to a "customer loyalty specialist" when cancelling is also illegal if you refuse. Don't worship Apple because they're a bit more "consumer friendly" (while cashing in 30% for the privilege!!) when you could have everything be customer friendly for free just by electing honest politicians.
- Spooky23 2y ago
  Fair point, and I don’t worship them. Reality is US governance philosophy is that the market will mostly self-regulate. Apple’s behavior is best aligned with my interest. If i were an app developer, maker of Skinner box games, or selling virtual products, i would feel differently. But I’m not, and allowing Amazon to extract more margin in exchange for cheapening my experience does nothing to benefit me.
- iwontberude 1y ago
  So Apple is bad because US lawmakers aren’t forcing other companies to follow their practices.
  - wkat4242 1y ago
    No they're bad because of the 30%. But almost all American companies are bad, really. It's just a inevitability in unrestricted capitalism. That's why we need the EU to put legal constraints on them. Apple isn't the bad Apple in the bunch but they're not great either.
gamblor956 2y ago
Cancelling Amazon Prime took about 15 seconds. Do Apple users have the attention span of a toddler?
- redczar 2y ago
  They may have changed but it used to be quite confusing how to cancel Prime. Once you cancel and try to buy something on Amazon they present a variety of dark patterns to get you to sign up again.