It's not a workaround, though; it's more consumer-friendly than the "normal" subscription model. That companies can just pull money out of your bank account is

It's not a workaround, though; it's more consumer-friendly than the "normal" subscription model. That companies can just pull money out of your bank account is not a good thing. In Germany it's really hard to get people to sign up for subscriptions because companies usually make it really hard to unsubscribe and just continue pulling money from the account. With a push-model like the one described above, the customer just cancels the payments and that's the end of it.