Apple has just made a big change that will cost you money

There are many free apps available, but sometimes nothing can beat a good price subscription for a service or mobile game. The monthly subscription can give you access to additional features and extras in the game.

When you decide to purchase a monthly subscription, you assume that you will pay this price until you cancel or the developer notifies you of the price increase.

But Apple has changed the way they start auto-renewal, and that’s not good news. Read on to see how it will affect you and what you can do about it.

Here is the background

The option to automatically renew for monthly subscriptions is a great way to ensure that you always have access to the game or service. Because it renews automatically, you don’t have to worry about paying for it manually when it leaves your bank account.

But Apple’s recent change in the way developers integrate auto-renewal into their apps could make you pay more per subscription. Without even knowing it.

In one update subscription notifications, Apple describes how the current system “inadvertently interrupts some services” if the user does not renew their subscription in time before it expires. In addition, Apple believes that it is too much effort to subscribe again.

So this makes it easy for developers to automatically renew their subscription on your behalf. Even if they increase the price. The moment this happens, you have to agree to the price increase. Under the new system, this step is no longer necessary.

What can you do about it

The first thing you need to do is review your apps to see which ones have an auto-renewal subscription. Although Apple explains that this can happen “under certain specific conditions and with user notice,” developers can increase the price without having to take action.

But not everything is bad news, as there are specific rules that developers must follow. Here are some guidelines:

• The price increase does not happen more than once a year.
• An app’s monthly subscription cannot be increased by more than $ 5 or 50% of the current price.
• Subscriptions cannot be increased by more than $ 50 or 50% for annual subscriptions.
• This must be permitted by local law.

If the increase in the subscription for an application exceeds all the conditions, users must log in and agree to the new renewal price. Here’s how you can unsubscribe from your iPhone:

• Open up Settings application and tap your name.
• Tap Subscriptions and then tap the subscription you want to manage.
• Tap Subscription cancellation.
• Tap Confirm.

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