I feel nowadays every company, app or website has a subscription service they want you to pay for..
For the most simple photo edit apps to supermarkets and car dealers... In the past they just simply sell you a product and be done with it
Not sure if it's an improvement..
And I don't even mention all forgotten subscriptions that's practially thrown away money
Phone companies go even a step further and try selling you 'insurance' next to your mobile phone subscription
Most of the times it simply doesn't work and 'it's not covered' so you pay for nothing, again
When I was working for telecom company I was honest about this to customers, I just hate selling stuff that does nothing
@stux I had a Samsung S3 that died just out of warranty; AT&T asked me to handle it as an insurance claim. I protested this was not an insurance matter but they said it was only way forward.
@stux So I paid about $200 because that was the deductible and fuck the customer. 2 months later, a framed picture fell of the wall and landed squarely on the phone, puncturing the screen. I could not claim again as 'too many claims' anyway this the story of how AT&T lost a customer
@sullybiker wow... just that!