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It should be a law that you should be able to turn off auto-renew on subscription services without canceling the plan (lemmy.zip)

submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I don't see any downsides or arbitrariness of this suggestion, I mean, there are some services I will use for one month, and I intend to use it for that month, but it happened before where I would forget to cancel it, and this has happened to other users too, by default, auto-renew should be off, I don't really know any strong arguments that can go against this point, I mean, auto-renew can be useful, but there are many cases where it could be harmful and even though people do forget it, it might be a tiny bit deceptive in some cases.

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[–] anguo 12 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Isn't it already like that though? I do think that when cancelling a plan, they have to provide the service until the end of the period you paid for. At least this is how it is in my experience.

Every time I get a free month of Amazon Prime or Uber One or whatnot, who are notoriously full of dark patterns, I immediately cancel it, then go on to continue using it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Apple will defo end your service the day you “cancel your free trial” , which means turning off rebilling.

This happened with Apple TV .

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago

Free trial != a month of service you pay for

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Spirit airlines has an annual membership program for discounted rates. You cannot turn off auto renew without canceling entirely and they won't give you the remainder of the year. Oh, and they wouldn't let me erase my credit card info even after canceling.

Avoid spirit airlines.

[–] anguo 2 points 5 days ago

Don't think this would fly in Canada. (Sorry)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Depending on where you live it would be illegal to remove access before the current paid subscription period runs out.