Re:New York Times phasing out all 3rd-party advertising data
by snazz on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @11:52AM
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Some credit card companies and banks will send you proactive reminders that you're about to be charged for an auto-renewal. If I'm purchasing a subscription, one of the advantages of doing so through an in-app purchase on iOS is that you get reminders and receipts from Apple.
Re:New York Times phasing out all 3rd-party advertising data
by wastedhours on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @12:32PM
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I think that's what the new SCA regulations in Europe help with - they require confirmation and authorisation even for some recurring subscriptions so auto-renew becomes less of a blind process.
To their credit, they refunded me when I complained about this.
Personally I think it should be illegal to renew annual subscriptions without some kind of reminder that the bill is coming up, or an opportunity to cancel at some point, especially if you never even used the service. Heck, I might go so far as to say that annual billing should not be allowed.