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by rnbrady 2696 days ago
You have a good point but I feel overwhelmed with subscriptions today. Between personal and business I have easily got 40 or more paid subscriptions. It's not just media but software too. Mac apps, iPhone apps, web apps. They're hard to cancel and easy to forget (until I check my bank statements). And they dip into my bank account with no renewal confirmation or approval. And they'll happily self-renew for the next year without being used once in the last year.

Of course I signed up to and pre-authorised all of this, and forgot to cancel when I stopped using them, so it's 100% my own fault. But something doesn't feel right about it.

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> But something doesn't feel right about it.

Why did you suscribe in the first place? The best way to avoid paying is to not register.

I set a recurring calendar appointment to remind me to cancel things like this.