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The Self-Cancelling Subscription

https://predr.ag/blog/the-self-cancelling-subscription/
24•surprisetalk•1h ago

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kikki•14m ago
Completely off topic but the title made me wonder if there’s any subscription service that cancels you if you don’t use it? Not quite usage based billing - plans that cancel (or pause) without use? I can’t think of any - terrible business model of course
perfmode•13m ago
I’m stealing this idea!
theodorton•10m ago
Kagi does something close to that. https://help.kagi.com/kagi/plans/plan-types.html#monthly-pla...
chrisnight•9m ago
Kagi arguably “pauses” your subscription if you don’t use it in a month. They give you a credit at the end of the month that then applies to the next month, so that people aren’t charged if they aren’t using it.
8cvor6j844qw_d6•8m ago
> plans that cancel (or pause) without use?

Kagi is one of them.

[1]: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/faq/faq.html#fair-pricing

I recall a db service does that too long ago. Although I'm not sure if they changed policy as it's been a while.

TechSquidTV•8m ago
Xbox/Microsoft Game Pass actually automatically canceled for me when I hadn't used it.
dwedge•8m ago
Kagi does this
shhsshs•4m ago
In 2020 Netflix claimed they would start to automatically cancel inactive accounts [1], but the post has since disappeared. I also remember Microsoft saying the same thing about Xbox Game Pass but have not searched for their statement.

[1] https://web.archive.org/web/20200522032356/https://media.net...

herbertl•8m ago
In the spirit of yes, and: how about a subscription similar to a pay as you go phone plan? Pay for the month, and when you don't pay, then you don't get to keep going. After a couple of months, they unsubscribe you, get rid of your account, etc. More often than not, the first thing I do when I sign up for a service is cancel it (after confirming I can use it for the billing period).
Forgeties79•5m ago
There is a coffee shop here that has a membership plan (you can roast at the shop it’s cool. Membership = no charge to roast and discounts on beans). It’s monthly and you have to re-up to keep it. It’s great and I’m happy to support them.

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