Tell HN: Apple Subscription Trials

Re:Tell HN: Apple Subscription Trials by charlieanna1234 on Saturday March 18, 2023 @03:01PM (#35212057)

I think most other companies do that with the expectation that you will get addicted to the product during the trial period and uncancel the subscription. I have no idea why apple does that. But I hv always felt that they are losing out on eventual subscribers.

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Re:Tell HN: Apple Subscription Trials by noncoml on Saturday March 18, 2023 @04:58PM (#35213042)

My issue is mainly that they treat their own subscriptions different to the third party ones. Doesn’t feel very fair competition to me

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Re:Tell HN: Apple Subscription Trials by paulcole on Saturday March 18, 2023 @09:36PM (#35215091)

> I have no idea why apple does that

It might keep you from canceling right now.

When you know you can continue accessing the service until the end of the trial period, what’s the incentive to not cancel right now?

Whether this strategy is a net gain overall to Apple, who knows.

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