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Re:Apple execs: Let's take a 30% cut of Uber and Lyft's memb... by cachvico on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @06:40PM (#29914444)
It doesn't. That's for fraud protection, not just-on-the-right-side-of-the-law subscription sketchiness.
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Re:Apple execs: Let's take a 30% cut of Uber and Lyft's memb... by MiddleEndian on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @06:55PM (#29914637)
This shouldn't be on-the-right-side-of-the-law. You should be able to have your credit card send a "cancel" signal and that should be it. Further charges are theft.
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Re:Apple execs: Let's take a 30% cut of Uber and Lyft's memb... by paulgb on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @06:42PM (#29914465)
Legally it doesn't, but for practical purposes most recurring subscriptions probably won't pursue you over a declined payment and will just suspend your account. I don't advocate this, but I've heard that it works.
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