Re:What I learned unsubscribing from 22 newspapers
by mgkimsal on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @02:26PM
(#35718008)
I just cancelled audible this morning, and did not see any pause subscription. It may have been there, but I was annoyed with other dark patterns. "no! i want to stay subscribed!" as a bright orange button, and "continue cancellation" as a muted grey button, for example.
Re:What I learned unsubscribing from 22 newspapers
by TrainedMonkey on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @07:38PM
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When subscribed to audible through apple I get "your credits never expire" clause... I've cancelled my subscription, subsequently restarted when I need more credits, and cancelled again... still have 4 credits.
Re:What I learned unsubscribing from 22 newspapers
by hombre_fatal on Thursday April 27, 2023 @10:02AM
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Exactly, I failed to cancel the subscription the first time due to probably that dark pattern.
I pressed the Submit button but the next page fooled me so I thought I could close the browser tab.
I realized I was still charged a few days later, I went back to ensure I was cancelled where I realized I didn't complete the flow because you have to click "Continue cancellation" on the page that you land on because you think you're done canceling.
Nice lil F U on the way out.
I later learned that they have some special limited "pause subscription" mode that retains tokens, but I didn't see that when I was cancelling, and I shouldn't have to research different ways to cancel a subscription.