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I tried to cancel a subscription on the phone with apple and it was a convoluted mess.

I was literally thinking this was like getting credit for a returned cable modem with comcast/etc

Have you tried cancelling an NYT subscription?

On the iPhone

settings -> click on your profile -> subscriptions.

Maybe Apple was trying to make it easier to cancel the subscription by make it cancelable on settings, but it's actually confusing.

It really does feel half-baked.

I like that I can cancel all my subscriptions from one spot. Imagine if you had to dig through each app to figure out how to cancel.

That's a plus, but the developer should also be able to offer the option in-app, which they can't.

Tin foil hat: Apple will not allow that feature so that you will need an Apple device to unsubscribe.

You can do so from your iCloud account on the web.

Oh I'm sure. We wanted to be able to automatically cancel your Apple subscription if you upgrade on Android or Web, but we can't. We do this for Android where we can programmatically cancel.

Part of the reason is that the entire purpose of the app store is not to be forced to give your private information to every Tom, Dick and Harry private vendor.

Holy cow I didn't realize this. It's like the imessage bullshit but with money instead of texts.

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