My hubby and I signed up for a free 7-day trial of Apple TV. I wanted to watch Foundation, and we thought it made sense to check out Apple TV’s other offerings now, with the goal of maybe trying to get a reduced-cost subscription around Christmastime if it still seemed worthwhile. My hubby set it all up using my computer and ran into no problems. But the moment I tried to sign in to cancel the trial so that we wouldn’t get charged, suddenly the website had numerous additional demands (such as my cell phone number) and persistent glitches that couldn’t be gotten around. I literally couldn’t sign into my account, even after going through several different authentication processes, and it pissed me off.
Shortly after this frustrating ordeal, I got a receipt from Apple in my e-mail. They’d charged us for the month. Grrrr.
I realize that by the time I tried to sign in, it was probably too late to cancel. And that’s on me, because I’m the one who got the e-mail verifying our subscription, and I should have read the fine print. But just because it’s my fault doesn’t mean I can’t grrr over it, and certainly all those computer glitches were NOT my fault.
Meanwhile, on the bright side, now I’ll be able to watch more Foundation and Murderbot and all sorts of other things. Anyone inclined to call me a glass-half-empty, pessimistic type, should take note of this, because I’m very optimistic about my future TV watching. 😛
Other Apple programs I like are Shrinking and Ted Lasso. (I know it seems to be about soccer. It’s not really about soccer.)