[mobilemidget]

So when you sign up for Apple Arcade, which strangely you dont use? Why sign up for it? But then it's okay that you need to have your iPad to signup, but when you want to cancel it is strange that you need your iPad.

I understand it would be nice if you can login to a website and cancel, but reads as if you make your mistake of not taken your iPad, or cancelling in time a fault of others.

[devnullbrain]

>Why sign up for it?

Because, when you buy an Apple device, they shove free trials for subscription services down your throat in the hopes that you'll do exactly this. And it's not strange that they don't use it: the first thing you discover after starting the free trials is that they're useless and full of shovelware.

[alias_neo]

> but when you want to cancel it is strange that you need your iPad

Come on, of course that's ridiculous.

Of course a reasonable person would expect to be able to cancel a subscription without needing the device it was created on when they used an account that you can log into from basically anywhere.

If I bought an iPad and subscribed to something, and then accidentality dropped it off a cliff, or out of a plane, or lost it in the sea, and I decided you know what, I don't want any more Apple stuff, you can be damn sure I'd expect to be able to cancel any subscriptions I had on that account (you know, the account you can log into from any computer or device), from somewhere other than on the device itself.

Suggesting anyone should expect otherwise is insanity.

[blantonl]

This entire thread is ridiculous.

Just pickup the phone and cancel your subscription. Yes, I get that you can't spin up a virtual machine of OS/2 and and use Netscape navigator to cancel your subscription because you dropped your iPad off the balcony of your cruise ship. OK, call them up and cancel.

I'll hate on apple all day, but damn if this thread isn't pedantic as hell. Jeeze.

oh my toddler is annoyed about a 2FA prompt

Give me a break. "Hey son, read to me the 6 digit code you just got on MY IPAD, Thanks son! Good reading my boy!"

[Keyframe]

Sure, who do I call? I'm not in USA and there's an 0800 number listed deep in some faq. My carrier won't connect me to the number. There's no local Apple in Croatia where I'm at. I will get to my ipad soon and cancel it, but it's absurd to say the least since you can log into icloud and there are billing options for it, so why not other things?

[disgruntledphd2]

> Give me a break. "Hey son, read to me the 6 digit code you just got on MY IPAD, Thanks son! Good reading my boy!"

That assumes said toddler can read. I'm currently teaching her to deal with the login code, but it's a slow process.

Do you know many toddlers (i.e. 2-3 year olds) who can read?

[Keyframe]

Actually, I signed up for it when my daughter and I wanted to play some puzzle games on my iPad. Turns out A TON of games we browsed through / tried out via AppStore on it are pure scam / and really shady-looking. I thought maybe if I just click official Apple subscription and played games they went through all that sewer can be avoided. We played maybe once or twice and I kind of forgot about it; We played fruit ninja anyways. Insisting on having an iPad or any other apple device again to unsubscribe is absurd. What if iPad was my only apple device (which it was/is) and it fell down the black hole? I'm then supposed to pay until end of universe or call Tim Apple across ocean and ask for favors? It's unacceptable, no matter which company it is. ESPECIALLY since they do have web interface you can log into and do stuff regarding billing (see iCloud).

tl;dr; I paid to get away from scam, turns out I fell into one.

[rickdeckard]

I agree, at the core it was obviously his fault because he signed up for an online subscription-service and now expects it to be somehow maintained online /s