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.

  • deegeese@sopuli.xyz
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    1 year ago

    Your subscription still continues through the full period you’ve paid for.

    Otherwise you’re owed a refund of what you paid, which looks like $0.

    It’s a promo, take it or don’t.

    • qjkxbmwvz@lemmy.sdf.org
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      1 year ago

      Yeah…when I cancelled Apple TV (as a paying customer) I had access until end of pay cycle.

      As far as malicious subscription practices go, this doesn’t even register. If anything, the fact that there’s a button right there to cancel is almost refreshing…

  • CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world
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    1 year ago

    Honestly this would just make me feel even more justified in not paying for the “service”. They’re only interested in your money, not in actually serving anyone.

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      1 year ago

      It’s a free trial. If you flat out say you have no interest in having their service, why would they continue giving it to you for free‽

      If you pay for the service, you get it until the end of the payment period.