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by CodesInChaos 962 days ago
Does that work in the US? In Germany stopping to pay does not cancel your subscription, and the provider can apply the usual debt collection measures.
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I wouldn't know, but they're welcome to send their debt collectors to Greece.
They'd just contract a Greece debt collector. I'd would cost you extra fees.
It does work in the U.S., legal agreement or not, I think debt collection is far less successful in the U.S. so most companies will just cancel the subscription for you.

On the other hand in the EU it's much easier to cancel subscriptions thanks to legal requirements on cancelation methods…

> so most companies will just cancel the subscription for you.

This isn't "it working" really. It is just that for most companies it is not worth chasing down the debt that is rightfully owed to them.

Fair point, but it works great for the consumer