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Re:Americans are spending billions on stuff they forget to c... by maxerickson on Friday January 19, 2024 @08:39PM (#39063783)
It might be profitable to offer terms where billing was related to use instead of canceling or not. Like I'd be more inclined to have an account with more services if they cost less (over time) and required less attention. Maybe there are lots of people like me. Note that I do currently engage in the responsibility that you speak of, by avoiding subscriptions.
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Re:Americans are spending billions on stuff they forget to c... by throwaway743 on Saturday January 20, 2024 @12:43PM (#39070185)
Internet and phone services are subscription based and going "pay what you use" would probably not go too well
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Re:Americans are spending billions on stuff they forget to c... by maxerickson on Monday January 22, 2024 @09:21AM (#39089791)
You can get pay go phone contracts. They charge more on a per unit basis than unmetered of course.

And then we are talking about video services mostly here. In a perfect world, we'd have on demand streaming on a per piece of content basis that cost about what they can generate from showing ads on that content. A few cents for an episode of whatever.

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