[skinkestek]

I absolutely see your point. So here is a suggestion that might make it less annoying for users. I don't know if it will help you but for some businesses it should be a great idea (and I will prefer those who follow this model):

Use tokens instead of subscriptions.

Even if I end up paying the same on average this feels a whole lot better.

There are just too many services out there that wants me to subscribe, and everytime it feels like they are trying to fleece me.

I am old enough to understand that not everything can be free (even if many of my most used tools are), but in way to many cases the thinking seems to be to get me to try a subscription and hope that I forget it.

(I've never ever had anyone pop a notification to tell me that I haven't used my subscription lately, maybe I'd like to puse it? If that was the norm I'd maybe be less annoyed at subscriptions.)

[kasey_junk]

I’d bet that you are the exception that prefers token or metered pricing.

Almost every time I’ve seen someone try that pricing model customers end up hating it and want a flat fee subscription.

I do think making it easy to pause and restart subscriptions is an underused model but would also bet lots of price smart SaaS companies have looked at that.

[skinkestek]

I'm not against subscriptions per se. I subscribe to a number of things.

It just happens to be abused badly, from subscriptions for things that never need to update (I'd almost bet a dollar there is or has been a flashlight app with a subscription somewhere), to subscriptions for things you use a week and then are finished with to a certain alarm clock app that both charges multiple dollars a month and then has the guts to try to track me on top of that.