• yeehaw
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    193 days ago

    That sounds fun and convenient to manage for the average person…

    /s

    • @[email protected]
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      133 days ago

      our fanatical obsession with convenience (and corporations exploiting that) is what created this mess.

      Autopay is so expected now that many subscriptions simply don’t offer options to pay per month.

    • @[email protected]
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      83 days ago

      It should be as implement any “recurrent payment” as a banking procedure. Viewable in their apps or in the office. And being able to just cancel them at any time with your bank.

    • @[email protected]
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      -13 days ago

      “Having to use this app or website is too hard. It would be more fun and convenient to jump through whatever hoops the gym decides.”

      • @[email protected]
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        33 days ago

        App or website? They’re talking about rolling their own code to interface with the public API of whatever service is being talked about. That’s a boatload of effort to fix something that shouldn’t be a problem to begin with.

        • @[email protected]
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          23 days ago

          I mentioned rolling my own code because we weren’t yet discussing the average user. Iff the time has come to make it easy for the average user, then I’d want to create an app or website instead.

          • @[email protected]
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            33 days ago

            Which would in turn require revenue for hosting and development. Meaning either ads, or monthly payments.

            I’d rather not pay you for a service which shouldn’t need to exist. And it could be done away with by requiring an easy “cancel subscription” button which requires no hoops to go through.