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Re:ProtonMail CEO calls Apple's forced in-app purchases 'Maf... by hatchnyc on Friday October 09, 2020 @12:14PM (#24731349)
Same experience here. I've cancelled all subscriptions that use this tactic and made myself a promise to never participate in implementing such a system.

Whenever I subscribe to any service on Apple I will immediately unsubscribe. If I find myself wanting to use the service again after it expires it's a simple tap to resubscribe. I think I actually end up with more subscriptions this way, but at least I know I'm getting use out of all of them. I wish I could a similar setup for all subscription services.

Re:ProtonMail CEO calls Apple's forced in-app purchases 'Maf... by dboreham on Friday October 09, 2020 @12:59PM (#24731899)
Big companies tend to be run by psychopaths who think it is ok to make it impossible to cancel a subscription.
Re:ProtonMail CEO calls Apple's forced in-app purchases 'Maf... by FpUser on Friday October 09, 2020 @01:04PM (#24731974)
It took me ages (more than a year I think) to unsubscribe from AWS. Luckily since we've deleted all the contents the fees were pretty nominal but still ...