Excuse me? If the bill is prepaid you bet your ass it means the subscription is cancelled. You can't pay, they don't continue to provide the service, end of story.
> If your rent autobill fails, I think everyone realizes it doesn't mean you don't have to pay.
The difference is that rent is paid after the fact and is typically part of a lease contract. What contract are you signing to get Netflix?
> A $5/mo subscription? Not worth the time of the company to try to collect.
Who's out here providing $5/month post-paid subscriptions? I have literally never heard of such a thing. Metered billing is a different story, but the discussion is lawsuits over Netflix subscriptions.
Actually when I asked, I had in mind subscriptions in general, not Netflix in particular
That's not a subscription, that's metered billing, where you are billed for what you have already used.
If your rent autobill fails, I think everyone realizes it doesn't mean you don't have to pay. If the credit card for your gym membership expires, I think most people would likewise fear (and has been known to happen) that your bill would eventually be sent to collections. A $5/mo subscription? Not worth the time of the company to try to collect. A Salesforce or Adobe subscription on a card? I certainly wouldn't gamble on that, and would try to properly cancel the subscription.