Americans are spending billions on stuff they forget to cancel

Re:Americans are spending billions on stuff they forget to c... by lazide on Friday January 19, 2024 @05:10PM (#39061976)

Taking free money isn’t asking for handouts.

Taking free money is (in this case) someone you know handing you $100 and saying ‘merry Christmas’ or whatever.

Sure, you could throw it on the ground and say ‘f you’.

But these are existing customers who already give you money and are presumably happy with your service.

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Re:Americans are spending billions on stuff they forget to c... by wolverine876 on Friday January 19, 2024 @05:36PM (#39062302)

> presumably happy with your service

The OP is about billions being spent by people who are not happy but haven't unsubscribed, so that seems like a bad presumption.

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Re:Americans are spending billions on stuff they forget to c... by lazide on Friday January 19, 2024 @06:30PM (#39062865)

Seems like a bad presumption to assume they aren’t happy with the service.

Or is taking the standard deduction morally reprehensible too?

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Re:Americans are spending billions on stuff they forget to c... by wolverine876 on Friday January 19, 2024 @08:08PM (#39063560)

> a bad presumption to assume they aren’t happy with the service.

The OP says they forgot to unsubscribe, which certainly implies they aren't 'happy' with it.

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Re:Americans are spending billions on stuff they forget to c... by lazide on Friday January 19, 2024 @08:15PM (#39063629)

By OP you mean the article? Or someone else?

The article is a typical editorial. And behind a paywall, near as I can tell.

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Re:Americans are spending billions on stuff they forget to c... by behringer on Friday January 19, 2024 @10:38PM (#39064430)

taking free money is in this case like your grandma living on a fixed government pension giving you 50 dollars even though you're 35 making 100 grand a year and keeping it because fuck her.

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Re:Americans are spending billions on stuff they forget to c... by lazide on Saturday January 20, 2024 @08:43AM (#39067486)

So everyone paying for a subscription is a poor pensioner?

In this case it’s more like taking the standard deduction.

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Re:Americans are spending billions on stuff they forget to c... by behringer on Saturday January 20, 2024 @09:15AM (#39067723)

yes, compared to any CEO of these massive conglomerates, absolutely yes.

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