[shusson]

> while their subscription terms continue to be asinine

Agreed. The only official way to cancel a NYT subscription is to call them. Infuriating.

[glerk]

Same with the Economist. They must have crunched some numbers and determined this is more profitable.

I usually “unsubscribe” from these kind of services by changing my credit card to an empty prepaid one and let the payment bounce.

[axxl]

With the Economist you can at least do it via email, or if you’re doing digital only you can use a subscription via Apple’s in app purchases etc and manage it that way.

[shusson]

> I usually “unsubscribe” from these kind of services by changing my credit card to an empty prepaid one and let the payment bounce

Yeah, luckily I subscribed through paypal, so I could block them through that.

[larntz]

That is ridiculous. I refuse to subscribe to anything that makes it difficult to unsubscribe.

I learned my lesson from LA Fitness. Check the cancellation process before signing up for anything that requires a contract.

I suppose that should be common sense, but I never thought about it until I had to mail a freaking letter to their HQ requesting cancellation.

[duxup]

At least as far as NYT Digital goes ... I can cancel my subscription online with the click of a button.

[john_minsk]

And I had to call to Croatia to cancel mine. There are definitely dark patterns these guys using. Which was very surprising to see from true-journalism-northern-star

[duxup]

Strange. I did JUST check mine and the option is there for me. Possibly they changed something between your adventure and mine.