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>Do you actually want there to be a big "Cancel" button in the top right corner of every subscribed service?

ABSOLUTELY YES



Even better would be a little field showing the rate and due date:

    [Cancel] [USD 12.99/mo billed on the 20th]


Fair enough.

I'm going off my experience with cookie banners, and how that whole thing seemed like a great idea at the time but turned out to mostly be an incredible annoyance.

In the same way, I don't think I'd enjoy a cancel button being front-and-center and cluttering up an interface at all times, given that I don't want to perform a cancellation action the vast, vast majority of the time when I am using a subscription service.

95% of the services I use already stick a cancellation button in either a "billing" section or a "user" section, which is generally quite easy to find and use in the rare instances I need it.




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