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Streaming Has Reached Its Sad, Predictable Fate | What should I watch? is now a much easier question than How do I watch it? (www.theatlantic.com)
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Streaming Has Reached Its Sad, Predictable Fate | What should I watch? is now a much easier question than How do I watch it?::What should I watch? is now a much easier question than How do I watch it?

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Most evenings, I find myself stuck in this phase, during which time I am likely to cycle through something resembling the five stages of grief. There’s Denial (I swear I had a Paramount+ account); Anger (I cannot believe I have to pay for Paramount+); Bargaining (I promise I will cancel my subscription after the one-week Paramount+ trial period ends); Depression (I cannot believe I didn’t remember to cancel Paramount+ after the trial period ended); and Acceptance (Let’s just head to Netflix and watch Suits).

Do people not realize you can cancel your subscription immediately after registering. The cancelation just stops the automatic monthly renewal. No one wants to deal with the hassle of pro rating and refunding partial used monthly subscriptions, so cancelling renewal is all it does.

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

I got 3 months free paramount and I canceled the subscription, and it expired in a week instead of 3 months. Its such bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Really? Whenever I cancel it usually tells me the renewal date pretty explicitly, and the cancel just stops renewing on that date. Maybe if it's 3 free months, you need to keep the monthly process in active status since it's a free renewal?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I guess it depends in what country with which regulation you are in.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Prob but either way, it's dirty practice by them.