Apple will let your subscription apps charge you more money without asking
Apple has updated its App Store rules to make it so subscriptions can auto-renew without your explicit permission, even if the developer has raised the monthly or annual price. Before the rule change, users would have to manually opt-into a subscription renewal if it came with a price bump; now, that won’t necessarily be the case, though you’ll still be notified about the price change before it happens.
“Apple says it’s making the change to help avoid the situation where users unintentionally lose access to a subscription because they missed an opt-in message.” So now the reverse is true. With the new rule users who miss the price increase notification will unintentionally be renewed at the new price. Good luck trying to cancel and get a refund after the fact if you missed the price increase notification.
The lesson: Don’t use subscription apps. If it’s only available on a subscription, find an alternative, which in many cases could be free.
