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A comment on Disney, Netflix, and More Are Fighting FTC's 'Click to Cancel' Proposal. Parent comment

Re:Disney, Netflix, and More Are Fighting FTC's 'Click to Ca... by throwaway287391 on Thursday July 13, 2023 @04:18PM (#36715378)
My favorite thing about Apple subscriptions is free trials. You can sign up for a trial and then immediately cancel it and still use your full trial period. No nags. No more need to make a calendar reminder "CANCEL X" on the day before (and inevitably ignore it when the day comes if you're me).

It would be even better if they added a prompt on the free trial signup "Become a paid subscriber after free trial ends?" so you could just click "No" and not have to go through the few extra clicks to cancel (I sometimes have trouble finding the subscription list where you cancel tbh), but it's still infinitely better than signing up for a free trial with the subscription company directly.

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Re:Disney, Netflix, and More Are Fighting FTC's 'Click to Ca... by Matheus28 on Thursday July 13, 2023 @04:38PM (#36715657)
Funny thing is that it works like this only for other apps. If you try to cancel some of Apple’s own subscriptions during the free trial, it will end immediately.
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Re:Disney, Netflix, and More Are Fighting FTC's 'Click to Ca... by throwaway287391 on Thursday July 13, 2023 @04:45PM (#36715731)
Lol, damn. Didn't know that but somehow I'm not shocked.
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Re:Disney, Netflix, and More Are Fighting FTC's 'Click to Ca... by latexr on Friday July 14, 2023 @04:07AM (#36720788)
> I sometimes have trouble finding the subscription list where you cancel tbh

Create a new iOS shortcut and add an Open URLs object. Paste the following URL: https://apps.apple.com/account/subscriptions

Whenever you want to manage subscriptions, run that shortcut and you’ll be taken to the exact spot within the App Store.

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Re:Disney, Netflix, and More Are Fighting FTC's 'Click to Ca... by yurishimo on Friday July 14, 2023 @04:20AM (#36720900)
It's not really worth going through all that.

> Settings >> Apple ID (profile pic at top) >> Subscriptions

It's probably the same screen, but this one is easier to find the entrypoint.

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Re:Disney, Netflix, and More Are Fighting FTC's 'Click to Ca... by latexr on Friday July 14, 2023 @04:52AM (#36721190)
The person I replied to specifically said they have trouble finding the list. Giving them the path to get there doesn’t solve the issue, it’s like someone saying “I sometimes forget the steps” and replying “that’s not a problem, just remember the steps”.

The point of the shortcut is they don’t have to remember. And it only needs to be set up once, after that it’s a single tap to reach the screen. Building the shortcut takes less time than it took me to type either comment.

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Re:Disney, Netflix, and More Are Fighting FTC's 'Click to Ca... by yurishimo on Friday July 14, 2023 @08:58AM (#36723319)
Yea, perhaps, but there are also a lot of people who don't like adding new stuff to their homescreen just to access a few times a year. The difference between the App Store vs Settings app route is that everything is much more clearly labeled in the latter case.

You make a valid point though.

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