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Subscriptions, written down plainly
Short, practical pieces on finding what you pay for, keeping trials free, getting past the cancel button that isn't there, and keeping the whole list honest. Nothing here needs a bank login.
- · 3 min readHow to find every subscription you're paying forForgotten subscriptions hide in three places: your inbox, your statements and the app stores. Here is how to search each one in about half an hour, without giving anyone your bank login.
- · 3 min readFree trials: how to stop paying for the ones you forgotA free trial converts by default, and the card is already on file. Four habits that keep a trial free: cancel on day one where you can, write the end date where you'll see it, know where it's billed, and watch for the annual plan.
- · 3 min readWhy cancelling a subscription is harder than starting oneStarting a subscription takes one tap. Cancelling is designed to take more. The patterns to expect (the hidden link, the retention offer, the pause, the phone-only cancel) and how to get through each of them.
- · 3 min readA 20-minute subscription auditA checklist for going through everything you pay for: list it, price it per year, mark what you haven't used in three months, cancel with a guide, set reminders for the rest, and repeat each quarter.