i miss the days when cancelling a subscription would just stop it charging you but you keep the service until you would have to pay

  • Brendan McKenzie@lemmy.bmck.au
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    1 year ago

    It’s a free trial; you haven’t paid for any period of time.

    I have “Apple One”, and under the “Cancel All Services” button, it says if I cancel now, they will remain active until the end of the current subscription period.

    • turmacar@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Most free trial subscriptions let you cancel but keep the subscription active through the trial period, Apple included. I normally cancel immediately so if I forget about the thing because I stopped using it my card doesn’t get charged. All these free trials require a card on file so they can just automatically start the subscription.

      Apple doing this makes it more likely people will forget to cancel if they don’t care for the product and automatically start the subscription. At which point it is far harder to cancel/get your money back.