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0 pointsnerdjon4y ago0 comments

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.

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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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