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0 pointsnerdjon4y ago0 comments

As it stands all of the apps I have subscribed too are only available to subscribe too this way.

So I assume given the price that the extra 30 (or 15) is calculated into the price.

So my answer would be yes, if they said I could lower it by going through their website I would continue to do it through the app. If they removed the option completely I would stop using it and find an alternative.

I will not support shady business practices and hurdles to unsubscribe is one of the worst in my opinion.

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nerdjonOP4y ago

I just decided to do some quick number crunching to see how much this actually would impact me.

Not including Apple One, I spend $432 a year on subscriptions on the App Store. All of those are not available via any other means. So if I saved 30% I would be paying $302 a year... Yeah I would happily continue paying $432 to be able to easily drop something if they start a behavior I don't like and feel like I am in control of my own money.

dskloet4y ago

Thanks for your answer. I agree making it difficult to unsubscribe is bad, but I honestly cannot imagine myself paying extra recurringly for saving myself 10 minutes once at the end. So it's interesting to see people making different trade-offs.

nerdjonOP4y ago

TBH for me it is the principle than the time savings.

If I have to call and cancel, that is basically a guarantee I will never use you again and will warn everyone to not use you.

If I have to jump through a bunch of screens, I will be mildly upset but will probably forget about it.

I just don't want to support that behavior, so these companies basically being forced to do so on "my" (really apple's but I am making a choice to use them) terms is worth some financial cost to me.

If I had thousands of subscriptions, maybe I would be saying something different. But the yearly additional cost in this theoretical situation is minimal and to me it sends a signal. If I actually was given that choice then the company can see those metrics and hopefully see why.

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0 pointsnerdjon4y ago0 comments

As it stands all of the apps I have subscribed too are only available to subscribe too this way.

So I assume given the price that the extra 30 (or 15) is calculated into the price.

I will not support shady business practices and hurdles to unsubscribe is one of the worst in my opinion.

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nerdjonOP4y ago

I just decided to do some quick number crunching to see how much this actually would impact me.

dskloet4y ago

nerdjonOP4y ago

TBH for me it is the principle than the time savings.

If I have to call and cancel, that is basically a guarantee I will never use you again and will warn everyone to not use you.

If I have to jump through a bunch of screens, I will be mildly upset but will probably forget about it.

I just don't want to support that behavior, so these companies basically being forced to do so on "my" (really apple's but I am making a choice to use them) terms is worth some financial cost to me.

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