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Re:Court issues permanent injunction in Epic vs. Apple case by ilikehurdles on Friday September 10, 2021 @01:33PM (#28484751)
This is exactly the example that's been on my mind. Had I known how horrible NYT's unsubscription process is, I would have never subscribed in the first place. I'm sure they extracted an extra month or two out of me because of the friction they introduce, so in management's eyes that's probably a win. I will never use NYT again in the future, but I think a big label letting users know an app isn't using iCloud payments could go a long way to cautioning users about a user-hostile experience.

Even if a developer makes subscriptions easy to manage today, without tie-in to Apple's infrastructure, they could change that process on a whim.

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Re:Court issues permanent injunction in Epic vs. Apple case by tracker1 on Friday September 10, 2021 @03:21PM (#28485929)
Similar opinion for XM... Would never sign up again without a generated card number that is only good for a single charge. I only wanted to cancel one radio of 3 I had at the time. By the third 40+m wait after mysteriously "disconnected" after they couldn't talk me out of it, I cancelled the whole thing.
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Re:Court issues permanent injunction in Epic vs. Apple case by IX-103 on Friday September 10, 2021 @09:55PM (#28488811)
Don't get me started on XM. Starting the second year after I bought a car they were calling me several times a week. It took a few years of "No" and blocking any number in my area code that isn't in my contacts (my phone number is not local) for it to stop. Then I brought my car to the dealership to have some recall handled, and the calls have started again....
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Re:Court issues permanent injunction in Epic vs. Apple case by Mavvie on Saturday September 11, 2021 @01:36AM (#28489654)
I wonder if you'd get put on a block list if you answer the call but play a train horn into the phone every time instead of talking
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Re:Court issues permanent injunction in Epic vs. Apple case by ben_w on Saturday September 11, 2021 @08:48AM (#28491569)
That sounds like it would primarily impact the low-paid worker on the other end of the line rather than alter company policy.

Instead I suggest playing back a pre-recorded sales pitch for a relevant trade union: The workers won’t suffer from bleeding ears and the bosses might actually care.

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